Chapter 169, Section 168: My Classmate's Mother
Li Weiya paused for a few seconds before understanding Jiang Xia's meaning.
She typed with a smile: "Isn't this great? Your status in the family has instantly risen, and you're still not happy?"
Jiang Xia sighed softly. It wasn't that reason. The key was that his father-in-law had punched him twice. Although he didn't care, once he broke the ice, his father-in-law would feel guilty and unable to hold his head up in front of him.
Anyone with a shred of decency would never be able to calmly accept favors from someone after hitting them.
But he was too embarrassed to say it aloud.
“Aunt Li, my father-in-law is a very proud person. I’m afraid he’ll feel uncomfortable if I’m too direct.”
"So you want to keep it from him for now? But you can only keep it a secret for a short time, not forever. You know, the truth will always come out eventually," Li Weiya replied.
Jiang Xia hesitated before typing: "I didn't intend to keep it a secret forever, but I feel that the time is not right yet. I will tell him the truth myself in the future."
"Alright, since you have your own plans, then go with your way. So, you want me to step in and sign the merchandise licensing contract with your father-in-law on your behalf?"
"Hehehe, as expected, nothing can be hidden from Aunt Li."
Li Weiya sighed. This kid only knew how to exploit her every day, but he was also very pleasing to her, and she couldn't refuse him at all. If you didn't know better, you would think that Jiang Xia was her biological son.
"Alright, Aunt Li will play along with you in this charade."
"Yay! I love Aunt Li the most!"
"You're so glib." Li Weiya smiled faintly. "I'm a bit busy right now. Let's discuss it further this afternoon and see how to proceed."
"receive!"
As Li Weiya closed the chat window, her thoughts drifted slightly as she reflected on her increasingly close relationship with Qitian Animation.
After a short while, she came to her senses, took several deep breaths, and carefully examined the draft that the illustrator had just given her.
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Having secured the most crucial part of his plan, Jiang Xia stretched comfortably. Li Weiya was the person he trusted most to sign the contract with his father-in-law; if the opportunity arose in the future, he would definitely try to recruit her to his side.
Jiang Xia spent the whole morning busy. Just as he finished drawing the storyboard for episode 16 of Tom and Jerry, he received a call from Li Weiya.
"Still busy?" Li Weiya's voice sounded a little lazy.
"She's resting right now," Jiang Xia couldn't help but ask with a smile. "Is Aunt Li free now?"
"Okay, come down, I'm right outside your neighborhood."
"Oh, Aunt Li, please wait a moment."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xia hurriedly put on her clothes and pants, told Xia Shanshan, and rushed out the door.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the residential area, I saw Li Weiya's car parked on the side of the road. She was wearing sunglasses and looking at Jiang Xia through the car window, with a slight smile on her lips.
"Phew, the sun is so strong today, it's much cooler in the air conditioning." Jiang Xia opened the car door, sat down with practiced ease, and fanned herself with her hand.
“It’s like this every day in summer.” Li Weiya smiled and turned up the air conditioning in the car.
The car slowly started moving, and she casually handed over a file folder, saying, "Take a look, this is a contract I drafted in my spare time today, see if it meets your requirements."
Jiang Xia's eyes lit up. He had always said that Aunt Li was reliable, and this proved it.
He skimmed through it and covered most of the key points. As for the details, he would discuss them later.
"Aunt Li, where should we go about this?"
"It's so hot, let's find a place where we can talk business."
A short while later, the car stopped in front of a very upscale-looking coffee shop.
Jiang Xia felt inexplicably uncomfortable; coming to a coffee shop with her classmate's mother felt strange.
Even if they were just talking about business.
The two sat in a spot away from the sunlight and near the window. Li Weiya looked at Jiang Xia and asked, "Xia, would you like something to drink?"
"Let's have a latte," Jiang Xia said.
She nodded and called out to the bar, "Waiter, two lattes."
“I get sleepy in the afternoon and need to drink some tea or coffee to stay awake, but I don’t like tea,” Li Weiya said with a smile. “People say that’s how it is when women get older.”
Jiang Xia felt slightly embarrassed; he dared not respond carelessly to such a remark.
"Aunt Li's work is too hard and tiring, she should pay more attention to rest."
She smiled gently: "I could have rested today."
Jiang Xia's breath hitched, and she looked embarrassed, pursing her lips, unsure how to answer.
"Ha, just kidding." Li Weiya leaned back in her chair, looking at him with interest. "Tell me, how's your company doing lately? I asked A-Ming, but he's just a clueless artist and doesn't know anything."
Jiang Xia didn't hide anything from Li Weiya.
"The first run of Tom and Jerry was a great success, and the second run rights have already been sold to several TV stations. Tom and Jerry is bound to become the hottest cartoon this summer," he said with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Weiya was very pleased. Her student had great marketing strategies, and every step he took was a well-thought-out decision.
"Not bad, a little millionaire."
Jiang Xia smiled shyly: "Aunt Li, I'm not yet."
The payments from other TV stations haven't arrived yet, and even if they do, it's only a few hundred thousand, which is still managed by his wife.
"That will be soon."
After saying this, Li Weiya sighed, saying that with the current economic conditions, it would probably take most of an ordinary person's life to earn a million.
However, Jiangxia went from nothing to something in just a few months.
Moreover, as the company grows larger, his ability to make money through animation will only accelerate, and a million might not even be a drop in the ocean.
"What are your plans after that?" She added with a smile at the end, "Is it okay to ask such a strategic question?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "I have never treated Aunt Li as an outsider."
He continued, "TV stations are just a springboard for my animation to reach the whole country. What I really care about is popularity. If I can cultivate a big IP, its value is not comparable to the broadcast fees of several thousand TV stations."
With the development of the times, the value of animated feature films, game copyrights, and even derivative works copyrights and related revenue can be measured in hundreds of millions.
To put it bluntly, in a few years, his daily income might be several small goals.
"You're amazing!" Li Weiya exclaimed. "I can brag about having taught a student like you for the rest of my life."
Jiang Xia suddenly looked at her intently.
"Aunt Li, please help me, I really need you."
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