Chapter 173, Section 172: Husband, I love you.

Later, Jiang Xia sent the bidding information to Lin Yanwan, and then his wife told him that her father had secretly made a phone call.

He smiled faintly and immediately contacted Li Weiya to exchange information. Now that his father-in-law had taken the bait, it was just a matter of seeing how she would act next.

After finishing the call, Lin Gaoyuan walked into the house in a great mood, and casually picked up Xiaoman and put her on his lap to watch Tom and Jerry at seven o'clock in the evening.

Tom and Jerry is now on its second rerun, but that doesn't stop Xiaoman from watching it with great interest. The comical antics of Tom and Jerry easily capture the hearts of every child.

After watching an episode without realizing it, Lin Gaoyuan couldn't help but sigh. There's a reason why others are popular. Even he, a forty-year-old adult, was attracted by the interesting stories of Tom and Jerry. It's easy to imagine how large the audience of this animation is across all age groups, and related merchandise will definitely sell very well.

He silently made up his mind that he would do his best to meet whatever demands the manufacturers made. The key to whether the toy factory could turn the tide in the current crisis was to secure the peripheral copyright contract for Tom and Jerry!

"How's the contact going?" Ji Wanqiu sat down next to him and asked softly.

He shook his head: "The other party hasn't revealed anything yet, but it's certain that they are looking for partners to sell peripheral products. After learning that I am a toy merchant, they were very interested and arranged to meet the day after tomorrow."

Are you confident?

"It's hard to say," Lin Gaoyuan sighed. "Compared to those big companies, we don't have any advantages. Judging from her tone, it seems like she's going to meet with other manufacturers tomorrow, and she'll probably sign a contract with whoever offers the most reasonable price."

Ji Wanqiu nodded. That's how it is in the industry, so it's not surprising at all.

What's the bottom line for our family?

"Around 800,000, but I'm afraid the other party will ask for too much and come up with a licensing contract worth several million," he said worriedly.

“Tom and Jerry are so popular right now. The online discussion has already exceeded five million views, and judging from the official announcements, there will obviously be a second season. At least for the next six months, Tom and Jerry's popularity will remain high. Gao Yuan, you need to be mentally prepared,” Ji Wanqiu said.

"I've made up my mind. Even if it means handing over the factory to the bank as collateral for a loan, I must seize this opportunity. Exclusive authorization nationwide—as long as sales aren't too bad, I should break even in six months at the latest," Lin Gaoyuan said emphatically.

Ji Wanqiu hesitated for a few seconds: "If all else fails, the family car is still worth some money. If we scrape together, we can get about a million yuan."

"Let's see what kind of demands they make the day after tomorrow." Lin Gaoyuan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. "Thinking too much now is just worrying ourselves unnecessarily."

"Um."

Ji Wanqiu nodded slightly: "If anything happens, you must tell me. Don't try to bear it all by yourself."

Don't worry.

Lin Yanwan secretly overheard her parents' entire conversation. Even though she knew perfectly well that her parents' worries were unlikely to come true, she was still deeply moved.

I remember in my past life, my family's toy factory was losing money for months because of poor performance. My dad struggled to keep it going for more than a year, first selling the car, then the house, which not only exhausted all the family's savings but also left them with a mountain of debt.

In this life, I'm fortunate to have Jiang Xia.

Nothing that happened will happen again.

She returned to her room, locked the door, took out her phone and called him. Jiang Xia answered in just one second.

"Did I disturb you?" she asked softly.

"No, what's wrong?" Jiang Xia said with a smile, her voice sounding like she had just yawned.

She hesitated, wanting to tell Jiang Xia what she had just heard, but worried that he would think she was putting pressure on him. Since he said he would handle it, he would definitely handle it.

After thinking about it, I decided it would be better to talk about business.

"The dubbing for episode 13 should be finished tomorrow," she said.

"That's pretty fast, but don't overwork yourself. Just keep doing it at your usual pace."

"Compared to you, I'm already quite relaxed."

Jiang Xia smiled silently: "You'll get used to it. Once this busy period is over, everyone can have a good rest."

"Hmm. How many have you drawn so far?"

"The storyboard for episode seventeen seems to be progressing quite quickly, but we still need to find time to shoot and edit. We can barely finish the 12-episode animation on time." Jiang Xia sighed. He now wished someone could help him share this part of the work.

Unfortunately, he's the only one who can do it right now; even Li Weiya can't.

"Come over tomorrow, and I'll give you a massage to loosen up your muscles," Lin Yanwan said, her face slightly flushed. The techniques she had learned from the technician last time would come in handy.

Aside from this reward, it seems she can't offer anything else.

Anyway, this body will be his sooner or later.

"You tempted me!" Jiang Xia grinned.

She flashed her little white teeth, but didn't deny it: "So, are you coming or not!"

"Come on! Only a fool wouldn't come!"

Jiang Xia chuckled, his mind already starting to fantasize about how intimate he and his wife would get, and whether he needed to prepare 001 beforehand.

"Will Mom and Dad be home tomorrow?" he asked suddenly, warily.

After being punched twice last time, he learned his lesson. He behaves himself whenever his parents are home, otherwise he might get beaten up.

"They've got something to do."

Jiang Xia instantly understood; it was probably about the authorization contract, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law definitely needed to make preparations first.

“Baby, don’t worry about the contract. I’ve already talked to Aunt Li, so Dad doesn’t even have to take any risks.”

In any case, the toy factory is a family business, so his father-in-law's profits are equivalent to his profits. Moreover, he happens to need such a company, which indirectly saves him a lot of trouble.

As Qitian Animation Company grows and expands, the toy factory will also receive the greatest resource allocation, and it is not impossible for it to become an industry giant like Bandai or Lego in the future.

In Jiangxia's grand blueprint, animation IP is the foundation of everything, while the branches that follow—games and toys—are the real money-making machines.

He wants to dominate the entire ACG industry and make money all over the world!

But all of this has to be done slowly. He is still young, and his career is just beginning.

Aunt Li is right. You have to take things one step at a time in business. If you take too big a step, you might end up tearing your balls.

"I know," Lin Yanwan said softly.

"Oh, by the way, Aunt Li said that we should come to her house for a meal sometime, she wants to see you."

"good."

Lin Yanwan looked out the window. The sky was very clear tonight, and the Milky Way could be seen hanging in the sky.

"husband."

"Um?"

I love you.