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Chapter 484 What kind of great commander can you be?
It's quite rare that He Daqi and his wife didn't participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year.

Finally, the whole family got together to have some fun.

After returning from the New Year's Eve dinner at He Bing's house, He Daqi, Zhou Huimin, Zhou's mother, and their two children sat on the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala.

In previous years, she would perform for others on her own. This year, she watched the show at home with her family. Even if Zhou Huimin and He Daqi couldn't get into some of the programs, they were willing to chat with Zhou's mother about what they thought of the show.

The two kids seemed quite content, each happily playing on their phones. They would only put down their phones to watch a program they liked, but their interest was fleeting; they would watch for a minute or two and then immediately go back to playing mobile games.

These days, many Spring Festival Galas are actually quite artistically valuable. After all, it's considered one of the most prestigious stages, and you can't get on the Gala without real talent.

It's a pity that it's so artistically valuable, so the shows that everyone looks forward to every year are basically Zhao Benshan's sketches. There's nothing we can do about it, people are just too materialistic.

When Zhao Benshan's skit came on, He Daqi was laughing so hard that his two mischievous kids put down their phones and started watching curiously. They were surprised to find they recognized him! They had stayed at this grandpa's house when they went skiing in Northeast China!
The kids didn't quite understand it, but that didn't stop them from having fun with their dad. Plus, the people on TV were familiar faces, so the two little ones actually watched the whole 17 or 18-minute skit.

Actually, Zhao Benshan's skit this year wasn't as funny as in previous years, but that doesn't matter, at least there are other programs to compare it with.

In particular, there was a part in the skit where Lao Zhao was quite righteous and used a joke that He Daqi had asked him to use in a two-person comedy routine.

"No matter how handsome you are, what makes you so great?"

It's all set. With the popularity of the Spring Festival Gala every year, plus the buzz generated by Zhao Benshan's skits, He Daqi knows he's about to become the definition of "handsome and dashing."

He casually glanced into the system space and, sure enough, the growth rate of the numbers had suddenly accelerated.

Zhou Huimin didn't know that He Daqi had asked her to do this. When she heard this sentence from the TV, she smiled and nudged He Daqi, saying, "You've become the standard of handsome men?"

"Isn't it?"

"Yes."

Zhou Huimin smiled so hard her eyes crinkled as she looked at He Daqi, who was acting all vain.

As expected, when the family was exhausted and yawning as they went back to their rooms to sleep, He Daqi was lying in bed looking at gossip on his phone when he came across this meme.

The emergence of Baidu Tieba, Yabo.com, and the short video platform that He Daqi had Wang Rui develop in advance, all of these things quickly divided up the forum's popularity.

These platforms are more in line with users' fragmented reading habits, and these software programs have more social attributes than forums, causing the little community culture that forum-type websites have gradually lost its appeal.

Therefore, He Daqi only needs to browse a few apps to know what the current trending memes are.

Not to mention that Yabo.com also has a popularity ranking list, which is really eye-catching. It is said that not only celebrities and artists pay attention to the popularity ranking list, but even the network departments pay a lot of attention to it.

Seeing people constantly posting "No matter how handsome you are, are you as handsome as He Daqi?" on various apps, He Daqi smiled slightly, and his initial drowsy mood unconsciously became more alert.

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There are so many things to do after the Spring Festival, and He Daqi is worried just thinking about it.

First is the four-location joint production, "Treasure Alliance," which can't be delayed. Not only is Han Shanping urging us, but Chairman Lee from South Korea is also pressing us. This movie is invested and produced by his own company, so he has to be in a hurry.

Then there's "After the Flowers Bloom, All Flowers Kill 3: Illusion Prison Break," which is Asia's most important project this year. It's known that it's planned to be made into a 3D movie, and He Daqi won't be playing the lead role, so there are quite a few people watching it now.

Another crucial issue is that He Daqi was needed to provide guidance during the filming of the movie, and he was also required to provide visual and color guidance for a period of time after filming was completed and special effects were applied.

He Daqi might spend half a year agonizing over this movie, and it doesn't really benefit his mission. It's the kind of movie that offers neither advantage nor interest to him, and just thinking about it is enough to give him a headache.

Half a year is almost over. There's still a lot to do in the remaining six months this year. I feel like there's not enough time. I might even be busier than last year.

But the first thing to do now is to get the project, which is disliked by all parties, implemented.

If it's not implemented, He Daqi is afraid that when he leads his team to Hong Kong and Macau to film "The Treasure Hunt," the project will be suspended by Han Shanping and Liu Ying.

So he didn't wait until after the Lantern Festival to show up. Instead, he came to the company early as soon as Ya Yue resumed work after the New Year.

"Happy Chinese New Year, Mr. He."

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy New Year to the Great Qi Dynasty!

"Okay, all is well. Happy New Year to you, Sister Hua and Sister Liu."

He Daqi did not attend the post-Lunar New Year resumption of work conference at Asia-Pacific International Trade Corporation (APIT). Instead, he went with Lu Yang to look at the Infinite Challenge that Lu Yang had prepared.

Judging that the resumption of work conference would take a long time, He Daqi was not in a hurry. He fast-forwarded and skipped through several episodes of Infinite Challenge before finally talking to Lu Yang about the important matter.

Have you finished the script for "The Girl We Chased Together Back Then"?

"Senior brother... how about letting someone else direct this movie? I think your script for 'Phantom Prison Break' is more suitable for me." Lu Yang touched his nose, somewhat embarrassed to look at He Daqi, and answered very quietly.

"You didn't write a script? You didn't prepare anything?"

"I wrote it, I finished it a long time ago. I just picked some plots from the novel and I finished it in less than half a month. Besides, this kind of youth film doesn't need any preparation. Just get the people together and start filming."

He Daqi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He was really afraid that Lu Yang would be unwilling and give up without making any preparations.

That would be troublesome, because I'll be leading a team to Hong Kong soon. If I leave before the project is launched, I'll probably have to wait until I finish filming the movie and come back to get it started.

Now that the script is ready, He Daqi is prepared to force the project to start filming. Once filming begins, no matter how unwilling he is, everything else will have to be finished first.

"Alright, stop looking so gloomy. Didn't you think youth films were easy to make? At worst, you can finish filming quickly, finish post-production sooner, and then you can start preparing for 'Phantom Prison Break' sooner. Don't forget, if I'm not around, no one will teach you how to make 3D films. So while I'm filming movies for the past two months, you haven't been able to film 'Phantom Prison Break' either."

He Daqi patted Lu Yang on the shoulder with a smile, got up, took out his phone, and made a call.

"Hey, Sweetie, are you guys coming to the company today?"

"We'll be there soon, Brother Daqi. What's up?"

"We'll talk when you get here. You're getting less and less cute as you grow up. I called you and you didn't even say Happy New Year." He Daqi hung up the phone after saying that, and then dialed another person.

Sweetie was furious and wanted to call back and yell at He Daqi, but found the line was busy. She thought He Daqi had deliberately blocked her, and the girl's face was full of anger.

He Daqi then called Zhang Jiashuai again, asking the same question. After learning that Zhang Jiashuai would be coming to the company soon, they chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.

I had just hung up when Sweetie called back.

"Brother Daqi, Happy New Year! I remember I called you on the first day of the Lunar New Year to wish you a happy new year. I've never heard of having to wish you a happy new year twice!" The sweet voice on the phone sounded fierce, and then the phone was hung up.

He Daqi laughed and didn't bother arguing with the girl.

The timing of Ya Yue's employee resumption meeting and the smaller meeting for artists was all planned out in advance. The artists basically arrived right on time, and a small portion of them didn't even come because they weren't in Beijing or were on set.

After Liu Ying and Wang Jinghua finished their employee resumption meeting in the large conference room, they came to the small conference room to hold a meeting for the artists. He Daqi also strolled in leisurely.

"Sister Liu, after the meeting, please ask Zhang Jiashuai and Tiantian to stay behind."

Upon hearing He Daqi's request, Liu Ying quickly realized what he was up to.

After the meeting, leaving behind Tian Tian and Zhang Jiashuai, she looked at Lu Yang who had just come in, exchanged glances with Wang Jinghua and Wu Nannan, and prepared to persuade He Daqi. It wasn't that they wanted to suspend the project, but rather that they wanted He Daqi to find a different director to direct it, so that Lu Yang could start preparing for Illusionary Prison Break as soon as possible.

Before he could even speak, He Daqi had already made the arrangements.

"Last year I told you two about a movie project where you would be the lead actors, right? I don't know if the company has arranged any work for you, but I'll take priority for mine. I estimate the movie will be finished in a month, so if you have other commitments, please postpone them if possible. I'll have the company handle it."

Actually, all the company's artists know about the "Phantom Prison Break" project. However, with so many people eyeing it, Tian Tian might get a chance, but Zhang Jiashuai is unlikely to get one unless He Daqi designates him.

Now, when they hear that a movie can be filmed in just one month, they know it's definitely not "Phantom Prison Break." But being a lead actor is definitely better than being a supporting actor, so Tian Tian and Zhang Jiashuai agreed without even thinking about it.

"No problem for me, Teacher He."

"Brother Daqi, I'm fine too."

He Daqi nodded, stood up, and said to Liu Ying, "Sister Liu, you need to plan the funding quickly. I'm planning to have Lu Yang start filming tomorrow."

Without giving Liu Ying a chance to respond, he hurriedly left.

He Daqi had no choice but to do this. In his plan, Infinite Challenge and You Are the Apple of My Eye were meant to promote Zhang Jiashuai. Infinite Challenge was about to air, and if the timing was as He Daqi estimated, Infinite Challenge would finish airing just as You Are the Apple of My Eye was released.

With the popularity of Infinite Challenge and the young fans of Love Apartment, You Are the Apple of My Eye will probably achieve good results.

With Zhang Jiashuai's achievements in movies, TV series, and variety shows, he could easily become a popular young idol.

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A joint film shoot in four locations is not easy to organize; each location has its own agenda.

Han Shanping also wants He Daqi to film in Beijing, while Chairman Lee from South Korea definitely wants to film in South Korea.

He Daqi didn't care. He thought it was fine either way. Anyway, the main filming location was Hong Kong and Macau. Once filming was finished in those two places, it would mean there weren't many shots left. At that time, he could arrange for the Korean actors to go back to Korea to film a segment, while he would go back to Beijing to film a segment. That way, everyone's requests would be satisfied.

As for moving the main filming locations, forget about it.

"Slow down...slow down."

Sun Yizhen really put in a lot of effort; she even learned Cantonese for a role.

But that's good too, at least I can exchange a few words with He Daqi's two little rascals through gestures. For example, right now, Zhou Huimin brought the kids to visit the set, and the two naughty ones were playing around with Sun Yizhen, running around the film set. Sun Yizhen could even shout loudly to slow down.

“Sometimes I suddenly realize that kids are actually quite cute,” Chen Xiaochun said quietly to Xie Tingfeng beside him.

"Then you should hurry up and get married and have children," Xie Tingfeng replied casually.

Wu Zhenyu was next to them, and the three of them chatted idly.

The cast and crew of The Thieves were quite interesting. There was a group of actors from mainland China, a group of actors from South Korea, and a group of actors from Hong Kong. There were also three directors.

Language has a magical power; people who speak the same language will naturally gravitate towards each other. After all, it's difficult to make friends if you can't communicate well.

So now the actors in the crew have unconsciously divided into three small circles.

Of course, this has nothing to do with He Daqi. He can speak any language, and even if he were to travel to the African savanna, he could shout a few words to the primitive people.

So he isolated himself from everyone else, found a flat spot, installed the parasol and deck chair he had always wanted, and happily lay there playing on his phone whenever he wasn't filming.

He was watching the two children play with Sun Yizhen with a smile, while casually responding to Zhou Huimin.

The crew has been filming for a month, but the production is in a mess. All three directors have their own ideas, and they are currently in a period of adjustment.

At first, He Daqi relied on his ability to communicate with anyone and even had a few words with these three directors. Now he's given up and spends his days leisurely, letting the three of them fiercely argue with each other.

Lu Yang has already finished filming "You Are the Apple of My Eye" in Beijing, and post-production is probably halfway done by now. Meanwhile, "The Treasure Hunt," which started filming only a week later, has only filmed less than a third of the way through.

It's not He Daqi who's anxious now, but Liu Ying and the others, Han Shanping, and Chairman Li.

The people in Beijing are waiting for He Daqi to finish filming and return to direct the 3D movie. Chairman Lee from South Korea is investing his own money in the film, and with the progress so slow, it's hard for him not to be anxious.

"Is this lousy movie going to be filmed all summer?"

It was the season for loquats, and Vivian Chow took a bite of a loquat, frowned and swallowed it, then generously stuffed the half-eaten loquat into Ho Tai-kei's mouth.

"Who knows...why is it so sour?!"

Before He Daqi could finish speaking, his face turned sour. He turned his head and saw Zhou Huimin covering her mouth and laughing.

(End of this chapter)