To be honest, Liu Zi had previously planned to buy her father a motorcycle for transportation.

But seeing how excited Liu Daqiang was when she bought her car last time, Liu Zi gave up on the idea.

Besides, Beijing will be implementing a complete ban on motorcycles in a few years, so he won't be able to ride one for more than a few years. It's better to just buy him a car from the start.

Liu Daqiang thought about it and realized it was indeed too dark. He was afraid of falling if he rode his bike back, so he decided to ride his motorcycle instead.

Although his daughter's motorcycle is a bit small, it should be fine for him and his wife to squeeze in. He'll come back to exchange it tomorrow when he has time.

"Okay, let's ride motorcycles!"

"Dad, there's no need to rush to pay it back. I've been driving lately, so I can come whenever I'm free," Liu Zi instructed.

"Alright, I understand. You guys go back now!" After saying that, Liu Daqiang got on his bike and rode away with Xu Mei.

The weather in Beijing has been quite hot these past few days, and many people are cooling off on the streets.

When the neighbors gathered together, the most talked-about topic was the recent demolition and relocation issue.

This matter concerns everyone's interests, so everyone is trying to find out information from various sources.

Some say this area will be demolished to build new buildings, some say it will be demolished to make way for roads, and others say a wealthy tycoon has taken a liking to the feng shui of this area and wants to drive everyone away. In short, there are all sorts of rumors.

But Liu Zi could see that the neighborhood was divided into two factions.

One group naturally didn't want to move. Most of them were elderly people who had lived in the neighborhood their whole lives and didn't want to move to areas outside the Third Ring Road.

Another group of people are willing to move. Most of them live in poor conditions and are mostly young people. Living in an apartment building is fashionable now and much better than living in a crowded courtyard.

Just then, someone noticed Liu Zi, who had just moved in, and asked her what she thought.

Liu Zi smiled and said, "Of course I don't want to leave. I bought this house here because I like the courtyard houses in our old Beijing. If I wanted to live in an apartment building, I would have just bought one in the first place. Why go through all this trouble of moving around?"

A neighbor nearby sarcastically remarked, "You're asking her pointlessly. Her yard is the best in our area. If it were me, I wouldn't want to move either."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zi immediately exclaimed, "Sigh! Just look at my yard, the price speaks for itself. I borrowed a lot of money from the bank, and I have to pay back the principal and interest every month. The pressure is immense!"

The neighbors all know the price Liu Zi paid for this courtyard house. Back then, many people cursed her behind her back, calling her stupid. Now that they know about the demolition and redevelopment, even more people are laughing at her.

Liu Zi didn't take any of this to heart. Let others think what they want; she just wanted to live her own comfortable life.

In Liu Zi's memory, this area had never been demolished in the past. She didn't know how the news came about. Whether it would be demolished or not was still uncertain. It was too early to be anxious now.

Thinking of this, Liu Zi decided to go home and sleep; she was just too tired today.

"Whether it's demolished or not isn't up to us. I'll just listen to the news. If the government orders me to move within the relocation area, then I'll move." Liu Zi made her stance clear to everyone, and was praised by several elderly people for her high level of awareness.

Liu Zi thought to herself, "In this era, you can't fight back even if you want to!"

Because of the task assigned by Li Mu, Liu Zi has not left the house for the past few days except to take her daughter to trial classes.

When Wang Jian called, Liu Zi was having a heart-to-heart talk with her daughters.

Lingzi is a bit older, so she will be going to preschool when school starts in September. As for Qiqi, Liu Zi is hesitating between sending her to kindergarten and sending her to art classes.

Liu Zi wanted to leave this matter to Qi Qi to decide for herself, but the child was also a little undecided.

Liu Zi plans to take her to the kindergarten for a trial get out of class again tomorrow.

"Sis, you haven't shown up for the past few days, and our studio's phones have been ringing off the hook!" Wang Jian exclaimed excitedly.

Liu Zi, confused about what had happened, asked with some concern, "What happened?"

After all, the studio had received threatening phone calls before, so Liu Zi couldn't think of anything positive.

"The song you wrote for Zheng Nan Records, the one sung by Rongrong, 'My Pride,' was praised by the People's Daily. Now, several organizations have contacted us wanting a Chinese version of the song," Wang Jian said excitedly.

"People's Daily, what's going on?" Liu Zi stood up abruptly.

How come she didn't hear anything about it?

"Zhengnan Records arranged a charity event where Sister Rongrong sang this song at a children's association to encourage children to be positive and strive hard. Initially, only Huachen Daily reported on this, but as the song became a hit, multiple media outlets reprinted it, including the Hong Kong branch of People's Daily, whose interview content appeared in yesterday's People's Daily."

Wang Jian didn't know at first, but someone reminded him and he went to buy the newspaper.

"Boss, I think we need to launch the Chinese version as soon as possible to catch this wave."

Liu Zi understood what Wang Jian was saying; now was the perfect time for a major promotional campaign, and neither they nor Zheng Nan Records wanted to miss it.

"Okay, come pick it up in a bit, and send it to the recipient via email."

"So fast?" Wang Jian thought it would take at least two days.

"I had already prepared it beforehand. I originally wanted to release a Mandarin version of this song." Liu Zi regrets that mainland singers are generally not as famous as Hong Kong singers, and they are also slightly inferior in terms of the diversity of their singing styles.

"Boss, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while. Didn't you not speak Cantonese before? Why are you writing in Cantonese now?" Wang Jian asked curiously.

Liu Zi exclaimed in surprise, "Can't I learn?! It's all to support you guys, of course I'll give you whatever the client wants! Stop being so frivolous, come on over here!"

"Okay, I'll be right there," Wang Jian said with a grin.

"Boss, you're amazing!"

Wang Jian hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Liu Zi breathed a sigh of relief; the matter was finally resolved.

She sighed, went to the table, took out a piece of white paper, and began to write on it.

The lyrics were not significantly different from the Hong Kong version, so it was completed quickly.

After Wang Jian arrived, he didn't leave in a hurry. He said with some regret, "Boss, do you think we should sign a few singers?"

Liu Zi understood what he meant: you can only make a little money by selling songs, it's better to cultivate your own singers!

Liu Zi had certainly thought about this, but it was difficult to put into practice.

Most of the famous singers nowadays are classically trained, and their singing styles are too limited, mostly bel canto or folk singing, with very little pop music.

Most academics look down on pop music. Even Yu Hai, after hearing about Liu Zi's previous pop music, thought it was decadent and talked to her several times, hoping she could get back on the right track.

This situation will not improve until after 2000. The talent show was actually the simplest selection method that Liu Zi could think of.

But producing programs is still the job of the TV station, and no one will let her get involved. If she had enough funds, she might be able to get involved if she spent money.

However, she currently only has enough working capital to maintain the daily operation of the studio, so it seems she needs to find a way to raise some money.

Liu Zi's first thought was to make movies.