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Chapter 472 It's always more convenient to be on your own.

The sunset was still beautiful, but He Daqi's mind was elsewhere, so the beautiful scenery went unappreciated.

Lu Han sent a message on her phone via QQ, asking about the performance in a very formal and methodical manner, with hardly any casual conversation.

He Daqi now realized that he had sent his phone number to the wrong person last time, but he didn't care. As long as Lu Han found out the number in the end, that was fine. He Daqi didn't have time to think about the process in between.

He quickly typed out Lu Han's question, and seeing that Lu Han replied with several thank-you emojis, He Daqi smiled faintly and put his phone away.

Only then did he notice that the houses along the highway outside the car window were bathed in the orange glow of the setting sun, a breathtaking sight. Coupled with the fiery clouds covering half the sky, it possessed an indescribable magnificence.

He Daqi couldn't help but let out a deep breath, which sounded like a sigh.

Qin Hu, sitting in the front seat, turned around and carefully examined He Daqi for a while. Seeing that he seemed to be doing nothing and was gazing absentmindedly at the scenery outside the car window, he asked, "Daqi, what's troubling you so much? You've been so busy lately. Is there some project at the company that's bothering you?"

He Daqi was taken aback by the question, then replied with a laugh, "No, I just took a deep breath. Brother Tiger, you misunderstood."

"It's good that you're alright. I feel like you've changed a lot since you came back from Berlin. You used to be cheerful all the time and didn't care about anything, but now you smile less and often frown and get lost in thought. It's like you've become a different person."

Upon hearing Qin Hu's description, He Daqi opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing how to find an excuse. In the end, he just smiled and brushed it off with a casual "It's nothing."

As evening approached, the convoy returned to the manor villa. Presumably, the two children heard the car door open, and they hurriedly pushed open the villa gate, their little faces beaming with smiles, and stood at the door waiting for He Daqi.

He Daqi was about to hurry over and pick up the two children to cuddle them, but unexpectedly, two arms reached out from the door and pulled the two little ones back inside. Then came Zhou Huimin's scolding voice: "What are you doing guarding the door? Don't you know that leaving the door open makes it easy for flies to fly into the house?"

So He Daqi, who entered the villa with a smile, was greeted by two pouting and whining naughty kids as soon as he opened the door. Clearly, the two children did not believe in Zhou Huimin's discipline.

He Daqi knew very well whose side he should stand on. Before the two children could complain, he laughed and hugged them, patted their heads, and asked with a smile, "What games did you play at kindergarten today? Tell Daddy quickly."

Sure enough, once the topic shifted, the two mischievous kids immediately forgot to complain to their dad about their mom and started vying to describe their experiences at kindergarten to He Daqi. Accompanied by He Daqi's occasional exclamations of surprise, these two carefree little rascals completely forgot their original intention of throwing a little tantrum.

Zhou Huimin stood to the side, suppressing a laugh, watching He Daqi fool the children. She guessed that the two little ones were chattering too loudly, which attracted the big fat cat from not far away.

Originally, the cat wanted to rub against Vivian Chow's calves, but it was too fat and didn't manage to rub properly. So, under He Daqi's strange gaze, the fat cat gave up and lay down on Vivian Chow's slippers, turning its belly over and waiting for Vivian Chow to pet it.

This cat is ruined...

Both He Daqi and his wife kept their eyes fixed on the big fat cat, thinking the same thing at the same time.

"Pack your things, and we'll take the kids to our uncle's house for a meal later," He Daqi said, turning his gaze back to Zhou Huimin with a smile.

Zhou Huimin didn't ask what this family was doing there since it wasn't a holiday. She just said "okay" and turned to go back to her bedroom to change her clothes and put on some light makeup.

"Are we going to eat at your great-uncle's house?"

The little girl shook He Daqi's hand and asked, while her precious son also looked at He Daqi expectantly.

"Yes, come on, Dad will take you two to wash your hands and faces. Didn't you play with playdough at kindergarten today? If you touched that stuff, you have to wash your hands before you eat. When we get to your great-uncle's house later, just shout out what you want to eat and he'll make it for you."

"Dad, Mom already made us wash our hands when we got home," the son whispered.

"Really? Then let's go after Mom changes her clothes."

Vivian Chow was quick; she didn't keep the children waiting long, and came out after only a little makeup.

He Bing and He Xiaoya's villas are right next to He Daqi's manor villa. He Daqi even opened a gate in the wall to make it convenient for Grandpa He and Grandma He to come and pick up the children. Now, it is also very convenient for He Daqi to visit He Bing's house.

The arrival of He Daqi's family made Mr. and Mrs. He, who were staying at He Bing's house, very happy. As the elderly get older, they enjoy the fun of four generations living together, especially the children running around with their energy, which makes them even happier.

After dinner, while He Daqi's aunt Li Haiyang was chatting with Zhou Huimin, He Bing also gave He Daqi a look and led him outside to chat and discuss business.

As soon as they stepped out of He Bing's villa, He Bing lit a cigarette. He Daqi immediately kept three meters away from him, determined not to stand with the old smoker.

"Tell me, you wouldn't come here unless you had a reason. What brings you here today?"

"Can't I bring my child over for a meal with you?"

He Bing scoffed, pouting and mocking, "With so many maids at home, how could you possibly have the mind to come here for a free meal? My cooking is so delicious that you'd even think about it."

He Daqi knew that if he chatted with He Bing, the uncle and nephew could go on and on about anything from Qianmen Street to Nanluoguxiang, so he stopped rambling and explained the purpose of his visit with a smile.

"Uncle, I'm planning to film a new variety show and would like to invite you to be a regular guest."

"No." He Bing probably remembered how He Daqi had dragged him to the Spring Festival Gala after filming "Where Are We Going, Dad?" and made him refuse without hesitation.

"You're not even going to ask about the salary?"

"Then tell me, it's best to say something impressive, otherwise I won't feel accomplished when I refuse."

"One season has twelve episodes, and the package price is twenty million. If we continue with a second season, the appearance fee will increase by a percentage. If there is a third, fourth, or fifth season, it will be the same," He Daqi said slowly.

Upon hearing this, He Bing coughed for a while, as if he had choked on the smoke. After finally calming down, he immediately asked, "When will we film? I'll take leave to go. Is six months enough?"

“You weren’t like this just now.”

"You didn't say you were going to give me a lot of money," He Bing said, shrugging innocently.

He Daqi was delighted upon hearing this, and then began to explain the variety show Infinite Challenge to He Bing in detail.

The appearance fee given to He Bing was definitely overpaid, after all, he is his uncle, so it can't be based on the market price. Besides, He Daqi didn't pay for the variety show filming, but how to spend the money is up to He Daqi.

He Bing replaced Huang Sanshi in the role of the "fortune teller." He Daqi couldn't convince himself to continue inviting Huang Sanshi, the original guest, to film the show. The main reason was that the other regular guests were all his own people, so they could easily discuss any issues. Adding Huang Sanshi in the middle would seem incongruous. It's just a variety show script, playing a "fortune teller," why not just invite his own uncle? He Daqi believed He Bing would be more convincing than Huang Sanshi.

He Bing has played Song Ci before, so he has a certain advantage in this familiar field. In addition, he has the background of being He Daqi's uncle, so he naturally has the ability to coordinate the overall situation during filming.

Even if the variety show becomes popular later, others might care about the appearance fee, but He Bing definitely won't care about He Daqi. After all, He Bing would never cheat He Daqi.

As for the other guests, apart from Xie Tingfeng, they are all artists from Asia-Vietnam Entertainment. They can just sign contracts directly, which is more convenient and saves trouble. Even if it is Xie Tingfeng, she won't be stupid enough to film for a few seasons and then jump out to cause trouble.

This was He Daqi returning the favor to Gou Chuzhong to save face. Unless Xie Tingfeng went crazy and wanted to learn how to be a decent person again, with Gou Chuzhong keeping her in check, Xie Tingfeng wouldn't go looking for trouble for no reason.

……

……

It was still the exit of the Beijing Capital International Airport, and it was still Lin Shuangshuang.

This time, however, the person picking them up was Zhang Jiashuai, and the nanny van was also changed.

Unlike Lu Han, Zhang Jiashuai stayed on the set of Painted Skin 2 for more than half a month before returning. In fact, he didn't have many scenes. The main reason was that Zhang Yimou was too lazy to shoot Zhang Jiashuai's scenes together. He filmed on a scattered basis, taking a day off and resting the next day. It has only just ended now.

Of course, He Daqi also had some personal motives. He felt that leaving Zhang Jiashuai with Zhang Yimou and letting the old man train him was a way to gain some advantage.

Putting everything else aside, Zhang Yimou is really good at training newcomers, and He Daqi acknowledges this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have solemnly asked Zhang Yimou to teach Lu Han and Zhang Jiashuai properly.

"Sister Lin, is there anything else the company has planned for me since I came back?"

"Yes, first go back to the company to sign a variety show contract. The specific filming time is still uncertain. Then, you and Lu Han will attend night classes together to learn acting from your future Beijing Film Academy class teacher."

Zhang Jiashuai knew about learning acting from his future homeroom teacher because Lu Han had told him about it, but he didn't know about the variety show. So he continued to ask, "Sister Lin, what kind of variety show is this? Why do we need to sign a contract? Is it a singing debut variety show?"

"Save your breath. If nothing unexpected happens, you and Lu Han shouldn't be singing or dancing for the next year. Even if you have work commitments, they'll mainly be for movies and TV dramas, so don't think about singing shows."

As for this variety show, to be honest, I know about the same thing as you do. I only know it's a variety show, not a singing competition, and I don't know anything else. But this is a project initiated by Mr. He, and generally speaking, his projects don't involve low investment, so you're quite lucky."

Lin Shuangshuang is clearly not a dedicated artist assistant. Apart from public information, she knows nothing about anything else. If Wang Jinghua were to bring Lu Han and Zhang Jiashuai, she would definitely be able to find out everything clearly and not let the artists worry and speculate for nothing.

Indeed, this was the case. Lin Shuangshuang was a temporary replacement. She was Wu Nannan's secretary before, and only started working for Wu Nannan after Wu Nannan stopped managing the company's artists. He Daqi casually handed Lu Han and Zhang Jiashuai over to Wu Nannan, and Wu Nannan casually assigned these two newcomers to her own secretary to mentor. It was truly a case of outsourcing becoming outsourcing again.

This led to Lu Han and Zhang Jiashuai knowing they would be heavily promoted, but not knowing exactly what resources they would receive. Only when the resources were finally in hand did they realize the direction they needed to work towards, giving them a feeling of going around in circles looking for a thread, with nowhere to exert their strength.

With this feeling in mind, Zhang Jiashuai nervously followed Lin Shuangshuang back to Yayue.

Like Lu Han, he would greet everyone he met and call them "teacher".

He was polite all the way until he saw He Daqi waving to him with a smile.

"Teacher Ho."

"Haha, Xiao Zhang, how's your learning going from Lao Zhang?"

"what?"

"I mean you didn't learn any skills from Director Zhang."

"I think I... learned a little bit," Zhang Jiashuai replied uncertainly.

"Here, take a look at this contract. Wait a little while while the lawyer comes down and explains it to you. If you think it's okay, then sign it. By the way, whenever you sign a contract in the future, no matter where you are, make sure the company's legal counsel is with you. This is our company's policy, so please pay attention to it."

"I understand, Teacher He."

Zhang Jiashuai originally thought he was the only one signing contracts today, but as he waited, he was greeted by senior artists from Ya Yue, as well as two senior artists from the Yong Hui Qi Ming girl group.

The small conference room suddenly became quite lively, filled with the sounds of lawyers explaining the contracts.

Wang Jinghua definitely had to get involved in this, since Sun Honglei was one of her artists.

If He Daqi hadn't brought people back to sign contracts today, Wang Jinghua would have had no idea that He Daqi had quietly pushed the new variety show to the point of signing contracts.

"Daqi, you're not planning to focus on variety shows now, are you?" Wang Jinghua couldn't help but suspect this. Last year, He Daqi did "Where Are We Going, Dad?" and this year he did "Infinite Challenge", so Wang Jinghua's question was quite logical.

“It’s not impossible.” He Daqi muttered to himself, then pulled Wang Jinghua aside and began to reveal the inside story: “Sister Hua, starting next year, smartphones will explode in popularity, and many people’s habits will change accordingly. Gradually, watching programs on video apps will become mainstream, and variety shows will be the main program on video apps.”

"Is this data from Yabo.com?"

"...So be it."

Wang Jinghua looked around and saw Sun Honglei, Huang Bo, Wang Xun, Zhang Jiashuai, Tong Liya, and Reyizha. That made up six people, all of whom were her own people, and it wasn't convenient to replace any of them.

So Wang Jinghua raised an eyebrow and continued, "Daqi, how many regular guests are there on your new variety show this time?"

He Daqi immediately guessed Wang Jinghua's idea and said with a smile, "Eight, to be precise, nine. The remaining two are my uncle He Bing and Hong Kong artist Xie Tingfeng, neither of whom can be replaced. The last one is me, who will appear as a judge each episode."

"Pity."

"It's not a pity. What I mean is that the regular guests can't be changed, but the guest stars haven't been confirmed yet. There will be twelve episodes in total, and six of them will have guest stars. The number of guest stars each time will be three or less, with a maximum of three and a minimum of one."

Wang Jinghua immediately understood what He Daqi meant, and said with a smile, "You've done a pretty good job of organizing this. It seems you've put a lot of thought into it these past few days."

(End of this chapter)