Zhou Zhiyi saw that Song Yi and Zheng Enxuan seemed to be arguing, so he hurried over to persuade them, "Oh mom, if you and Song Yi have any different opinions, you can discuss them slowly. There is no need to argue so hard."

Seeing someone come to his rescue, Song Yi, feeling guilty, hurried to find Song Miao, "Miao Miao, my mother's company is holding an annual meeting in the hotel this afternoon. Can I take you to see my mother?"

Song Miao was playing with her puppy Pipi at the moment. She was reluctant to leave the puppy behind, but also wanted to go to her mother's company to watch the fun. She held the puppy in her arms and asked, "Uncle, can we take Pipi over?"

New Asia Advertising held its annual meeting at Grand Hyatt, and five-star hotels generally do not allow pets to enter. Song Yi was a little embarrassed, "Miaomiao, you can't bring Pipi in. Mom may perform at the annual meeting, don't you want to go and see?"

Song Miao was reluctant to let go of Pipi, looking at Song Yi with grievance. Zhou Shulan didn't want her granddaughter to go back and forth in the winter, "Forget it, you go by yourself, Taixi is coming today, why don't you go to the airport to pick him up. This year we are going back to Yeji for the New Year, I have to help you pack your luggage."

After hearing Taixi's name, Song Miao put Pipi on the ground and asked Song Yi expectantly, "Uncle, is Sister Taixi coming over?"

Song Yi squatted down, "Yes, sister Taixi will also attend the annual meeting of my mother's company, and Taixi will go back to Yeji with us to celebrate the New Year. We can go back to our hometown to play in the snow, are you happy?"

Song Miao was obviously very impressed with Taixi, "Then I'll go pick up sister Taixi." Song Miao ran to the puppy Pipi and touched the puppy's head, "Pipi, I'm going out for a while. You have to wait for me at home and don't run around." Pipi seemed to understand and barked at Song Miao.

Zhou Shulan heard Song Miao say, "You are such a heartless little thing. I asked you to go find your mother, but you refused. As soon as you heard Aunt Taixi, you started to make a scene. If your mother knew that she is not as important as Taixi in your heart, she would be so sad."

Song Miao corrected Zhou Shulan seriously, "Grandma, you are wrong. Sister Taixi and my uncle are not married yet, so she is not my aunt yet. And mom can see her every day, but Sister Taixi can only see her twice a year. Our teacher taught us that as a host, we should warmly entertain guests. This is called having friends from afar, isn't it a pleasure?"

Song Yi was amused by the smart little Song Miao. He picked up Song Miao and said, "Miao Miao is great. She can even recite the Analects. Let's go pick up sister Taixi. Mom, please help entertain Aunt Enxuan and Zhiyi. There will be a driver to take them to the airport later. Please help me send them off."

Zhou Shulan saw Song Yi and Zheng Enxuan seemed to be arguing just now, "Okay, then you go first, and remember to say hello to them before you leave. Enxuan and the others have come all the way to China, don't let them come with high hopes and leave with disappointment."

Song Yi was holding Song Miao and preparing to go out. He told Zheng Enxuan that he was going to the airport to pick up his girlfriend Tae Hee. Zheng Enxuan also adjusted her mood. For her, love between men and women was just a seasoning in life, not a necessity. She really didn't need to eat such unnecessary jealousy.

When Zheng Enxuan heard that Kim Tae-hee was going to accompany Song Yi back to their hometown Yeji City to celebrate the New Year, it was obvious that Kim Tae-hee's position as the official girlfriend was as stable as a rock, and they might start talking about marriage in the next one or two years.

She couldn't help but envy Kim Tae Hee's good luck. When Kim Tae Hee and Song Yi first established their relationship, Song Yi was just an employee of New Korea Media. Kim Tae Hee started a business with Song Yi, and now Song Yi has earned a huge fortune. No matter how many women Song Yi has outside, Song Yi will never abandon Kim Tae Hee, his wife.

When Song Yi and Song Miao arrived at the airport, Kim Tae Hee's flight had not arrived yet. Song Yi held Song Miao's hand, and the uncle and nephew chatted casually.

Song Miao was very sharp-eyed and immediately saw Kim Tae Hee coming out of the exit. Song Miao waved her hands and smiled sweetly, "Sister Tae Hee."

Kim Tae Hee is wearing a grey down jacket with light-colored jeans today. If the pants and down jacket are both light-colored, then the pair of bright yellow pointed shoes on her feet add a touch of bright color to her overall look, which not only fits her elegant ladylike temperament, but also adds a playful element.

Jin Taixi was also very surprised to see Song Miao coming to pick her up at the airport. She ran a few steps with her suitcase and then picked Song Miao up. "Miao Miao, why are you here to pick me up at the airport?"

Song Yi took his girlfriend's suitcase and said to Song Miao, "Okay, don't let Tai Xi hold you. You are already an adult, you can't let others hold you all the time."

Song Miao made faces at Song Yi and reluctantly got off Kim Tae Hee. Song Yi held his luggage in one hand and his girlfriend in the other, while Kim Tae Hee held Song Miao's hand. The three of them looked like a family of three, and their good-looking combination also attracted the attention of others.

"Are your uncles and aunts unhappy that you came to the mainland to celebrate the New Year?" Song Yi asked Kim Tae Hee. Song Yi and Kim Tae Hee were not engaged yet, and Song Yi felt a little embarrassed for kidnapping someone else's daughter during the New Year.

"Dad knows that I want to travel to the border states, and he didn't object. He just reminded me to respect your local New Year customs and do as the Romans do. This year is the first time I'm not at home for the New Year, and Mom is really reluctant to let me go. If unnie wasn't busy with work, she would want to come to China with me to celebrate the New Year." Kim Tae-hee said.

Jin Xiyuan also wants to come to Bianzhou to celebrate the New Year? I wonder if she wants to go to Bianzhou to experience the New Year atmosphere in Northeast China, or if she wants to meet Song Yi's parents like Tae Hee? If Jin Xiyuan comes with her, and they spend every day together, Song Yi feels that the things between him and Jin Xiyuan may not be hidden from the shrewd Zhou Shulan.

As soon as Song Miao saw Jin Taixi, he did not forget to tell her about it. "Sister Taixi, my uncle is a man who does not keep his word. Can you punish him for me?"

When Jin Taixi heard Song Miao say this, he asked curiously, "What did your uncle promise you but didn't do, which made us Miaomiao so angry?"

Song Miao said: "My uncle promised me that if I behaved well in school, he would take me to Tokyo Disneyland on my birthday. He even made a pinky promise with me, but he didn't keep his word."

Kim Tae Hee looked at her boyfriend in confusion, and Song Yi explained with a wry smile, "When Miaomiao had her birthday, I happened to be in Korea, so I didn't have time to take her to Disneyland. As a result, the little girl was very angry and refused to talk to me for several days."

Kim Tae Hee smiled, "That's right! Children value promises very much. How can they not do what they promised? You see, not every girl is as easy to please as me, right?"

Since Song Yi met Kim Tae-hee, everyone went directly to the Grand Hyatt Hotel to attend the annual meeting of New Asia Advertising.

Kim Tae Hee did not forget to coax her boyfriend Song Miao at this time, "Miao Miao, when you have your summer vacation in July, I will take you to Disneyland, okay? I can also take you to Ueno Zoo to see the giant pandas."

"Really? My uncle said he would take me there, but he didn't go in the end. My mother told me that my uncle is very busy at work. Sister Taixi, don't you have to work?" Song Miao was very happy.

Kim Tae Hee smiled, "Yes, I don't have to work. I am a student like you, and I have winter and summer vacations like you. That's why I have time to take you out to play!"

Kim Tae-hee knew that Song Yi loved his niece Song Miao very much and had always raised Song Miao as his daughter. Of course, she wanted to have a good relationship with Song Miao because she loved Song Yi.

Song Miao was very happy at first, but then she became worried again. "Sister Taixi, you don't have a job and you don't have money to buy plane tickets and tickets. How can you take me to Disneyland?"

Jin Taixi was amused by Song Miao. She couldn't stop laughing. "OPPA, who did Miao Miao learn all this from? And it's so complicated. I'm dying of laughter!"

When Song Yi and his team arrived at the hotel, the venue for the annual meeting of New Asia Advertising had been arranged. New Asia Advertising rented a 300-square-meter multi-functional hall in Grand Hyatt. In addition to New Asia Advertising employees, Zheng Yiping and Liao Yu also invited representatives of advertising brands, such as Sanduoshui, Anta, Midea, Orion, Hera, etc.

In addition to these people, Zhou Hao, the consul of the Korean Embassy in China, Chen Zaican and his wife from New Korea Media, and Li Ming from Pony.com attended the annual meeting as special guests. Song Yi saw Ning Hao, whom he had not seen for a long time, next to Li Ming.

As soon as Li Ming saw Song Yi, he perked up and patted Ning Hao on the shoulder, motioning him to go and greet Song Yi. Ning Hao obviously came here for Song Yi today, so he quickly followed.

Seeing that Song Yi had something to discuss, Jin Taixi took Song Miao to find Liao Yu, who was chatting with Chen Zaican and his wife.

Li Ming and Song Yi hugged each other and said enviously: "Brother, your advertising company is amazing. It has held its annual meeting in Grand Hyatt in just over a year. It's really a step up." Li Ming also participated in the opening ceremony of New Asia Advertising and knew its development history very well.

Zheng Yiping was recommended by Li Ming, and Song Hye Kyo's advertising director Ning Hao was also introduced by Li Ming. Song Yi and Li Ming have a very good relationship.

“Don’t flatter me. If you really want to thank me, please leave some space for me on the outdoor advertising on Wangjing Donghu Pedestrian Street,” Li Ming joked.

Song Yi did not shirk his responsibilities. "Okay, I never intended to use the outdoor advertising on Wangjing Pedestrian Street as a private plot for Xinya Advertising. I'll give you the contact information of Mao Xiaoqing, the general manager of Xinya Real Estate. You can talk to him yourself, Big Dog. I won't interfere with the specific process. Is that ok?"

Li Ming was quite satisfied when he heard what Song Yi said. As long as Song Yi did not contract all the outdoor advertising on Wangjing Pedestrian Street to Xinya Advertising, Xiaoma Pentium would be able to get a share of the profits.

After Song Yi and Li Ming exchanged pleasantries, he greeted Ning Hao, "Haozi, long time no see." Ning Hao was a little flattered, "Mr. Song, long time no see."

Li Ming then remembered the important matter, "By the way, Haozi is planning to make a movie as his graduation project, and he wants to ask you for advice."

Song Yi became interested and motioned Ning Hao to sit down. The three of them discussed Ning Hao's script. Ning Hao wanted to make a feature film this time, and the movie was called "Incense".

"Mr. Song, 'Incense' actually tells the story of a monk and a dilapidated temple. The monk is relatively old, and is guarding a dilapidated temple where there is a Buddha statue. A few days before the Spring Festival, the monk's shoes were torn, so he took out the cloth from the base of the Buddha statue to mend the shoes. After the shoes were mended, the Buddha statue fell down." Ning Hao introduced the movie.

Song Yi had never read "Incense" before his rebirth, but that didn't stop him from thinking it was a good story.

He first asked Ning Hao, "Does this monk have a name or a Buddhist name?"

Ning Hao thought for a moment and shook his head, "No."

Song Yi continued to ask, "Then do you think that it is respectful or disrespectful for a monk to take cloth from the base of a Buddha statue to mend his shoes?"

Ning Hao knew that Song Yi was testing him to see if he could tell a good story, and that would mean that half of his purpose of coming here today had been achieved.

"The monk at that time had faith. Although he was guarding a dilapidated temple, he had Buddha in his heart and prayed every day without slacking off. Although his life was difficult, the dilapidated temple could shelter him from wind and rain, and he could also receive some incense money from the villagers every month to maintain the most basic life. These were all brought to him by the dilapidated temple, and he was actually very content." Ning Hao said.

Because the Buddha statue fell down, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the most popular day for the dilapidated temple, so the monk naturally wanted to go out and ask for help. He found the county's religious affairs department and cultural relics department, hoping that they could come forward to repair the temple. The monk didn't understand the ways of the world, and was a little stupid, so he just kept repeating, "A monk can't be without a temple, and a temple can't have a Buddha statue."

No one in the county was willing to help him. The head of the Religious Affairs Department was playing cards with someone, and he advised the monk to either return to secular life or seek refuge with the senior brother in another temple.

When Song Yi saw this part, he frowned and said, "If you shoot it this way, your movie may not pass the review and cannot be shown in theaters."

Ning Hao said: "I just want to make a movie as my graduation project, and then show it internally at Yanying. I don't think about making money from making movies."

When Li Ming heard Ning Hao say this, he felt a little disappointed. Song Yi was obviously interested in "Incense", but you said you didn't want to make money by making a movie. So Song Yi is paying for you to make a movie. What are you doing?

Song Yi didn't get angry when he heard Ning Hao say that, but continued to read the script. Obviously, although the script of "Incense" has few characters, there are many metaphors in the movie, and a lot of contrasting satire techniques are used, which makes people want to continue reading.

The monk went to the Religious Affairs Department to ask for money to repair the temple, but the department said there was no money. As the monk left the house, he heard that the department chief was planning to build a new church.

The monk was desperate and was about to collect alms for the temple renovation. He was arrested by the police station just when he had collected half of the money. They said he was illegally collecting alms. During his detention at the police station, the monk met several women who had fallen into depravity. The women offered to collect the money for the monk, but the monk declined.

A monk was stopped by a young man who asked him to predict his marriage with his girlfriend. The monk was inspired to become a fortune teller, but his day's income was robbed by hooligans. Finally, the monk took out a Buddha statue bought from a roadside stall for 12 yuan, lied that it was consecrated by a master from Mount Wutai, and sold it to a husband who wanted to cure his paralyzed wife for 3,000 yuan.

Song Yi watched the script and saw that at the end, the monk had repaired the Buddha statue and was holding a grand consecration ceremony. Someone from the county came and told the monk that the dilapidated temple would be demolished the following year.

"Isn't this ending a bit too thin?" Song Yi said. The fallen woman offered to donate money, but the monk refused because he insisted on his faith. In the end, the monk gave up his faith and easily raised money.

If the monk had just finished repairing the Buddha statue and someone from the county happened to come and tell him that the temple was going to be demolished, it would seem like they were deliberately creating conflict. Since the county had long known that the dilapidated temple was going to be demolished, why didn't the officials from the Religious Affairs and Cultural Relics Departments tell the monk? This logic doesn't make sense.

Li Ming also likes to discuss scripts with others. He gave his own opinion, "It makes sense that the Religious Affairs Department and the Cultural Relics Department didn't know about the demolition of the temple. A ruined temple is not a cultural relic and certainly doesn't need to be protected. But if the temple is demolished, the county should have informed the Religious Affairs Department."

Ning Hao took the script and said to Song Yi and the others, "How about changing the ending to someone from the county saying that the dilapidated temple is on the planned 'road to wealth' and will be demolished next year. We write a big word 'demolition' on the wall outside the dilapidated temple, and then the sound of 'Amitabha' comes from the loudspeaker. The monk stands outside the temple, looking at the big word 'demolition' and asking the heavens in silence, what do you think?"

"If you want to get rich, you have to build roads first. Of course, the Transportation Bureau doesn't need to ask the Religious Affairs Department for help if it wants to build roads. It only needs to confirm with the Cultural Relics Department that this dilapidated temple is not a cultural relic and then it can be demolished. The ending is well changed, and the story becomes much fuller all of a sudden." Li Ming praised it highly.

Song Yi thought for a moment and said to the beginning of the script, "Actually, there is a potential foreshadowing here. The road that the Transportation Bureau originally built was to pass through the new church that was to be built, but later they heard that a church was to be built on that section of the road, so they changed the route to the monk's dilapidated temple, and then demolished the temple in the process, to highlight that a foreign monk is good at chanting sutras. How do you think?"

When Ning Hao heard Song Yi say this, he couldn't help but give Song Yi a thumbs up, "Mr. Song, it has to be you."

Li Ming smiled. "If that's what you said, we'll have to hire a foreign actor to play the role of a temple repair priest. This way, the cost of the film will be skyrocketing."

Song Yi asked Ning Hao: "I understand what you mean. You want me to sponsor you to shoot this movie? How much money do you think you will need to finish this movie?"

Ning Hao scratched his head. "I know this movie won't make any money. I plan to go back to my hometown, Jin Province, to shoot it. I'll ask my friends to play cameo roles as actors, basically for free. I'll be the director and cameraman, and it'll only cost about 50,000 yuan."

Song Yi thought he had heard wrongly, "How much?" 50,000 yuan to make a movie? Isn't this a joke? Ning Hao thought he had said too much, "If it's shot quickly, it may not cost 50,000 yuan, maybe 40,000 yuan is enough. But if we hire a foreign actor, tens of thousands of yuan may not be enough."

Song Yi tapped his fingers on the table. "There is no chance that this film will be shown in mainland China. If we want to make a profit, we have to go to European film festivals to see if we can sell it to European film producers. For example, France has a dedicated art house cinema chain."

"Well, I'll give you 500,000 yuan, and you can make this movie. The copyright of this movie will belong to New Asia Pictures. The 500,000 yuan includes the remuneration of the actors, cameraman and director, and I will also help you find a producer. There are not many roles for this foreign priest, and he just needs to show his face. When the time comes, just let New Asia Advertising find a foreign actor for you." Song Yi said.

Ning Hao nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Song Yi was indeed a big boss. He would have been nice enough to ask for 50,000 yuan, but who knew that Song Yi would give him 500,000 yuan at once? That was really nice! As for Song Yi's suggestion to help Ning Hao find a producer, Ning Hao certainly had no objection. He had originally planned to do voluntary labor, and now being able to get the director's salary was already a pleasant surprise. He did not expect to make money from the 500,000 yuan production fee.

Li Ming also sighed at Song Yi's generosity. Ning Hao had never shot a short film except for commercials. "Incense" was Ning Hao's first film work, and Song Yi spent 500,000 yuan at once. How much money did Song Yi make last year?

Thank you for your monthly tickets, see you tomorrow 　　 　 (end of this chapter)