Chapter 286

Li Li Dayong arrived at Zaojunmiao at six in the evening, watching Li Ye and Wen Wen Leyu happily eating a private meal, while he himself had no appetite.

Li Ye asked while drinking porridge: "Li Dayong, how many days have you been back?"

Li Li Dayong said: "Twenty-one days."

Li Ye: "How many letters have you received?"

Li Li Dayong struggled for a few seconds and answered: "Three."

Li Ye put down his porridge bowl and said: "One letter a week, so what are you rushing for?"

"I'm not rushing, where am I rushing? Brother, don't talk nonsense."

Li Li Dayong blushed, mainly because Wen Wen Leyu was looking at him meaningfully from the side, which made him very embarrassed.

"Alright, you can't rush these things. Fate is when things come naturally. Don't be nervous when you meet later, just be natural."

"I'm really not nervous, I'm really not... if you keep talking, I'm leaving!"

Li Li Dayong denied it repeatedly, but in the ten minutes that followed, he looked at the door three times. In the end, unable to bear the teasing gazes of Wen Wen Leyu and Li Ye, he simply sat at the courtyard gate.

Wen Wen Leyu then asked with concern: "Will Li Li Dayong be the same as last time? Love is harmonious and pleasant only when it is equal. He is so eager..."

Li Ye shook his head: "This time it's really different."

Wen Wen Leyu: "How is it different? It seems he treated Lin Lin Qiuyan the same way before."

Li Ye said: "It's Pei Pei Wenhui who is different. You'll know what a sweet girl from the south is in a moment."

"A sweet girl from the south?"

Wen Wen Leyu was a bit puzzled, but an hour later, she finally understood what it meant.

Pei Pei Wencong brought his sister and came to Zaojunmiao with Jin Peng.

The first thing Pei Pei Wenhui saw after entering the door was Li Li Dayong, and then she ran over happily.

"Li Dayong, does your foot still hurt since you came back?"

"Did you drink the medicinal soup I brought you on time? The doctor said you hurt your muscles and bones, so you need to rest well."

"I received the gift you sent me, I like it so much!"

"..."

Pei Pei Wenhui chattered away, asking about Li Li Dayong's well-being, and even took out a small gift that was obviously carefully prepared and gave it to him.

The sweet operation left Wen Wen Leyu dumbfounded.

【How did this bear run into such a delicate girl?】

With the concern and enthusiasm Pei Pei Wenhui showed, even Wen Wen Leyu, a woman, felt envious. Li Li Dayong, who had had enough of Lin Lin Qiuyan's PUA, would it be strange if he wasn't completely sweetened?

Wen Wen Leyu asked Li Ye in a low voice: "Is this called a turn of fortune? Or... are all sweet girls from the south like this?"

Li Ye said: "Not necessarily. There are all kinds of beauty in the world. She has her good points, and you have yours. Those who are mutually suitable are the best."

Wen Wen Leyu wrinkled her nose: "Hmph, you sure know how to talk."

Li Ye said: "Yes, yes, yes, I just like you like this."

"Get lost~"

After Li Li Dayong reunited with Pei Pei Wenhui, he wanted to take her to tour Beijing, but was stopped by Li Ye.

"Don't you know the situation recently? Don't wander around at night. Take her around properly on Sunday, the day after tomorrow."

The "Strike Hard" campaign had been going on for more than half a month, and there were relevant personnel looking for performance results at irregular times at night, so it was better to be careful.

Li Li Dayong was a bit disappointed, but suddenly heard Pei Pei Wencong say: "Actually, Liu Xiaohui shouldn't be returning to Hong Kong for the time being. We will have plenty of time to spend together in the future. I have to ask Mr. Li to take care of my sister in the future!"

"Not returning to Hong Kong?" Li Ye thought for a moment and said: "Are you letting her look after the business here? Or is she going to school here?"

Pei Pei Wencong said: "Of course, I'm letting her finish her studies. I chatted with the teachers at Beijing University today, and they said they could consider letting Liu Xiaohui enroll in Beijing University, as long as she passes the special recruitment exam."

Li Ye smiled: "Old Pei, you have quite a good eye, not bad, not bad."

Pei Pei Wencong laughed heartily: "Not at all, it's all thanks to Mr. Li."

Pei Pei Wenhui sat on the side, her eyes flowing, exchanged a smile with Wen Wen Leyu, and then asked Li Ye: "Mr. Li, I heard your girlfriend is studying English. I brought some English materials, is it appropriate to bring them in now?"

Li Ye said generously: "Here, this is my girlfriend, you two can communicate with each other."

Wen Wen Leyu glanced at Li Ye coldly, curled her lips, and had a slight smile.

A little while later, two large bags of English materials were placed in front of Wen Wen Leyu.

Then the two girls quickly started communicating enthusiastically, while Li Li Dayong, who had been waiting for a long time, became a third wheel who couldn't get a word in.

Jin Peng patted Li Li Dayong on the shoulder and invited him outside to smoke.

He guessed that Pei Pei Wencong coming to find Li Ye today couldn't just be for idle chat; there must be private matters to discuss.

After there was no one around, Pei Pei Wencong said urgently: "Mr. Li, I just talked to A-Bo on the phone. The exchange rate in Hong Kong fell by ten cents today, from 8.25 to 8.35."

Li Ye asked back: "Why, do you want to sell?"

Pei Pei Wencong immediately shook his head like a rattle.

If Li Ye didn't say sell, how could he sell?

Hong Kong was already a place with a very serious atmosphere of metaphysics. Li Ye's continuous, error-free "divine operations" had turned Pei Pei Wencong, a high-achieving student who had received higher education, into a believer in idealism.

To put it bluntly, if Li Ye said that squatting to pee would bring good luck, Pei Pei Wencong would absolutely never stand to pee.

Li Ye said: "Don't worry, it won't be long before you can sell. If you really can't hold back, you can sell a little bit first and listen to the sound of money."

After the British Hong Kong government issued a series of announcements, the exchange rate fluctuated around 8.2. Many people who made money started to leave the market, but Li Ye knew it would eventually stabilize around 7.9 and remain unchanged for decades.

With the money he and Pei Pei Wencong had now, thirty cents was a profit of tens of millions of US dollars, so there was no need to rush.

"Okay, then Mr. Li, how much capital do we need to invest to film 'The Lonely Army of the Distant Homeland'? I asked a few directors in Hong Kong to help me ask, and the quotes were all around 35 million."

"35 million?" Li Ye asked suspiciously: "Hong Kong dollars?"

Pei Pei Wencong's cheeks twitched, and he said awkwardly: "No, US dollars."

Li Ye: "..."

Seeing Li Ye stunned, Pei Pei Wencong hesitated for a moment, but still took out a document and handed it to Li Ye.

"This is their quote. I didn't dare to decide on my own, so I brought it for Mr. Li to decide."

Li Ye read it silently, not raising his head for a full ten minutes.

"Heh~"

Li Ye couldn't help but sneer.

This quote listed nearly three hundred actors, with low salaries of tens of thousands and high salaries of over a million.

As for costumes and props, it was even more outrageous. A set of armor was 20,000 US dollars. Are they going to use real cultural relics?

Li Ye shook the quote in front of Pei Pei Wencong, scaring Pei Pei Wencong so much that his eyes jumped.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li. I'm not familiar with the Hong Kong film and television circle. This was also introduced by a friend of a friend. They just said that filming ancient war dramas is very expensive. Hollywood's 'Cleopatra' in 1963 cost 31 million US dollars, and it's 1983 now, so I need you, Mr. Li, to decide."

"It's definitely expensive to film, but not by spending money unjustly."

Li Ye threw the quote away and said: "Don't associate with that friend anymore!"

Pei Pei Wencong hurriedly said: "Okay, then should I contact that Wu Wu Jinyuan tomorrow? She took the initiative to contact me tonight, and it seems she has an intention to cooperate."

Li Ye smiled: "Why, Old Pei, do you have a crush on her? I invited you here to deal with her, you can't interpret it as 'hitting on' her!"

"Where would I want to hit on her," Pei Pei Wencong said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "I just think 'The Lonely Army of the Distant Homeland' will definitely be distributed in Nanyang in the future, and the Wu Culture Communication Group has deep roots in Nanyang..."

"Besides," Pei Pei Wencong thought for a moment and said: "That Wu Wu Jinyuan is not on the same path as us. Have you noticed the way she looks at us? It seems easygoing, but actually, she is high and mighty and won't see us as her own kind."

"Oh?"

Li Ye became interested and asked with a smile: "Not on the same path? How so?"

Pei Pei Wencong said: "I asked my classmates to inquire. Wu Wu Jinyuan is a direct descendant of the Wu family in Singapore. I don't know which branch's young lady she is, but it's not as simple as being a deputy manager on the surface."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Li Ye nodded, that makes sense.

Otherwise, how could Wu Wu Jinyuan, a company deputy manager, be able to connect to things like exchange students and the live broadcast of debate tournaments?

"Then Mr. Li, we don't have professional people to film movies for the time being, should we contact Wu Wu Jinyuan?"

"Who said we don't have professional people to film movies?"

Li Ye coldly rejected Pei Pei Wencong's suggestion.

If it were filming martial arts movies, perhaps Hong Kong has an overwhelming advantage now.

But when it comes to filming historical war movies, the mainland is not weak at all.

Back then, Mr. Jin sold his martial arts copyright to the mainland for the reason: "If it can be of the same quality as 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' I am willing to transfer it for one yuan."

1983, 35 million US dollars?

Heh, half of that would be enough to make a classic.

I only wrote two and a half chapters today; I'll have three chapters tomorrow! It's too late, I really can't code anymore.

(End of chapter)