"Director Zhuang didn't kick her out, which is considered very indulgent."
Xiao He sighed.
Liu Rulan shrugged: "That's why we can't understand the things that rich people do."
It's really good to be rich.
"So we still need to keep making money and strive to make ourselves a source of capital."
Leaving aside Yuan Sitong's father, who is an executive at a video platform, let's just talk about Zhuang Hongyi. His wealth is so immense that it makes people's eyes widen.
From the wealthy villa where they first /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ met, to the courtyard house on the 0.5 ring road used during filming, and now to the luxurious villa where the star Evan lives in the story... all of these belong to Zhuang Hongyi.
Xiao He felt that sometimes it wasn't that he hated the rich, but seeing Zhuang Hongyi pull out one house after another made him feel uneasy.
Liu Rulan followed Xiao He's gaze and looked around. All she could see were the high-end furnishings of the luxurious villa. She was pleased that Xiao He was so aware of this, and then patted Xiao He on the shoulder and asked, "So how's your software project going? Are you interested in investing in our studio again?"
Xiao He stumbled.
"Cough cough cough—" Xiao He glanced at Liu Rulan, "Sister Liu, how did you know I was planning to sell software?"
Liu Rulan chuckled lightly: "No, you haven't been hiding it from me and Xiao Chen. Don't you often turn on your beloved little computer and start typing around? We're not blind."
Xiao He: "...It seems so."
"However, my development progress is still quite slow," Xiao He said honestly.
Since upgrading his skills, Xiao He has been tinkering with intelligent software, preparing to delve deeper into the field of artificial intelligence.
After all, the government is currently providing support, and the technological trend is in this direction. If we can use hacking skills to get a share of this market, we will definitely make more money in the future.
Xiao He was very confident in the project he was developing.
However, it's really quite strenuous for one person to tinker with this thing.
Even if Xiao He's current hacking skills have reached the forefront of this era's technology, it is impossible for him to access technological areas that are currently unexplored by humankind.
Like countless other research teams, large and small, he needs to work hard in the vast ocean of artificial intelligence in order to create something of his own.
Moreover, some things require hardware support; it's impossible to develop them with just a small computer. Ideally, there should be multiple sets of more advanced equipment and networks to support them. Xiao He's current constant travel between different film sets and hotels is definitely delaying the progress.
Therefore, Xiao He has no intention of taking things too seriously at once and plans to proceed slowly.
The group got into the van and prepared to return to the hotel.
On the way, Xiao He suddenly realized—
"Sister Liu, is our studio short of money lately?" Xiao He recalled, "I feel like the profits have been pretty good recently."
Linghui Studio is essentially Xiao He Studio. It follows Xiao He's development, sharing both prosperity and adversity. Xiao He's acting career is going smoothly, and his own wallet is getting fuller. So why is the studio getting poorer instead? Why is it starting to seek investment again?
Liu Rulan chuckled lightly: "It's precisely because the profits are good that we should expand into other projects."
"Um?"
Xiao He thought for a moment: "Are you planning to invest?"
This is actually the beginning of many celebrities' transition from artists to investors. After all, making money on one's own is too slow and cannot accumulate capital more quickly. The better way to make more money is to make money work for you.
Liu Rulan nodded: "Currently, the studio does revolve around you, and we won't be adding any new artists in the short term. But we can try to invest in other production teams and make some money."
"Investing in other film productions?" Xiao He murmured, then nodded in agreement, "That's certainly a good idea. Are there any investment projects you're interested in right now?"
"There are two options for now," Liu Rulan said. "Of course, the final decision will mainly be made by the two of us. You can go back and take a look at the plans first."
Xiao He estimated his current bank card balance and readily nodded: "Okay, I'll check it later."
Actually, this amount of money would be quite good if used to buy a property in Shanghai.
However, perhaps due to his family education and the confidence instilled in him by his parents, Xiao He did not have such a strong obsession with buying a "home" for himself in Shanghai.
For him, having a place to live is good enough. Besides, he's a frequent flyer, so the house is just sitting there anyway, with few opportunities to live there. He might as well make money and have more and better options in the future.
Therefore, Xiao He was quite interested in the investment that Liu Rulan mentioned.
Of course, it would be best to investigate the project again later to eliminate any potential problems.
Xiao He pondered for a moment, then opened his system interface to check his points and confirm the newly accumulated points.
Yes, there's plenty of money; there's no problem with ensuring a minimum.
Then I'll probably pick a skill related to economics and finance, so at least I can understand financial statements...
Xiao He coughed lightly, leaned back in the driver's seat, and said to his humanoid cheat system, Lucky Emperor Chen, "Little Chen, lend me your Lucky Emperor power again later!"
Xiao Chen turned her head: "Hey? Okay! But Brother Xiao, what kind of gacha game are you playing? Why are you being so mysterious..."
Xiao He said cryptically, "Never mind, I'll give you a bonus later."
"All right--"
Xiao Chen immediately stopped asking.
Xiao He sat back down in his chair.
Hehe, that's so me, I think pretty far ahead!
Life's getting better and better, hehe—
While Xiao He was still smugly praising himself in his heart, his heart suddenly began to palpitate.
—That was a warning from his passive skill 【Danger Evasion】!
Xiao He suddenly clutched his chest and turned to look out the car window—
At this moment, their van was driving towards the hotel as usual.
And the current location is right at a crossroads.
Just then, the light turned green, and Xiao Chen started the van and drove straight ahead, preparing to cross the intersection. Liu Rulan, standing beside her, took out her phone, ready to tell Xiao He about her day's adventures.
"I went to see Director Ning today to help you—"
Before she could finish speaking, a deafening explosion erupted beside her: "Bang—"
Xiao He suddenly reached out, grabbed her arm, and roughly pulled her toward him. At the same time, he quickly reached out with his other hand to Xiao Chen in front of him, shoved his arm, and made the steering wheel turn sharply.
"ah--"
"Bang!"
Before the other two people in the car could react to what was happening, they were suddenly thrown out by an extremely strong impact.
The van's tires screeched sharply on the ground, and the side window that was hit head-on shattered, flying wildly into the vehicle. Then everyone's vision spun, and as the vehicle flipped over, they were thrown hard to the other side of the vehicle.
Xiao He only had time to take final rescue measures before he was also thrown around by the force of the impact, leaving him completely disoriented.
"Bang!"
The spinning world finally stopped spinning, everyone fell to one side, and even the noise around us quieted down.
Even Xiao He's mind went blank for a moment.
It wasn't until the screams of others came from the intersection outside the car that the world, which had been paused, seemed to start spinning again.
He first touched his face, then felt his pulse—good, the pulse was still there, he was still alive.
Damn! I almost became a neutrino on the spot!
