The crew had an uneventful journey, and it was almost ten o'clock in the evening when they arrived at the provincial capital.
After all, there is no high-speed rail around the island at this time, and the expressway around the island takes at least four hours to drive from the small county town on the west line to the provincial capital. No matter how strong your body is, it will definitely be exhausted from this "bump".
Fortunately, the hotel is booked in advance, so after a long journey, you can go directly to your destination and rest for a night.
However, Zhong Yunqing and Sisi were not staying at the crew's hotel tonight. After arriving at the hotel, he and Ning Hao settled the crew members first, and then planned to take Sisi to another place before Sisi went to find Yaya.
The girl was obviously a little unhappy. After riding in the car for several hours, she just wanted to take a hot bath and then quickly return to the embrace of the warm little bed!
So being led by Zhong Yunqing into the elevator, and seeing all the way to the underground garage on the first floor, Sisi pouted and said dissatisfiedly
"It's so late at night, where are we going?"
Zhong Yunqing casually patted her head to calm her down:
"You'll know when we get there, be good..."
In the underground parking lot of the crew hotel, Zhong Yunqing and Sisi had just arrived when they saw a young man wearing glasses walking over quickly not far from the elevator exit:
"Hello, I am Xiao Wu, an employee of Coconut Tree Group. I have been arranged to be your driver and deliver your keys."
"Thank you for your hard work."
After simply saying thank you, the two of them followed Xiao Wu to a brand new white Audi car. The young man respectfully walked to the back seat and opened the door, and waited until the two of them got in and closed it before going to the cab.
The car left the hotel and entered the main road. Sisi looked at the unfamiliar environment outside the car window and couldn't help but whisper in Zhong Yunqing's ear:
"Old Zhong, where is he taking us?"
Zhong Yunqing still wanted to leave the suspense to surprise his sister, so naturally he couldn't tell her now. Instead, he whispered in her ear the same as before:
"Don't ask so many questions yet, you will know when we get there..."
When the girl saw that he was showing off again, she naturally ignored him. Then she continued to look at the night scene of "Haikou" outside the car window with a puffy face:
"Hmph╯^╰If you don't want to say it, don't say it!"
About half an hour later, the car drove all the way to Wanluyuan. The car slowed down at the entrance of a villa community. It didn't stop until it passed the deceleration line at the guard box and drove a few hundred meters further.
Xiao Wu opened the back seat door again. Sisi hadn't gotten out of the car yet, but she looked at the villas on both sides and listened to what her boyfriend beside her said: "Sister, we're home!"
She seemed to understand something.
She guessed that Zhong Yunqing might have "spent money" to buy a house here again. So she couldn't help but curled her lips. At the same time, she thought in her heart:
This guy is really wasting his money. He just came to film for a few days and he still has to spend so much money to buy a villa?
Among the group of single-family villas here, there is indeed a villa that belongs to Zhong Yunqing, but unlike Sisi guessed, it was not bought by him, but a "friendly gift" from the Coconut Tree Group!
As for why he was given a villa, it would be a long story if I were to elaborate.
The cause of the matter was his mineral water advertising creativity. In more than a year, Coconut Tree Group's market share in the mainland increased nearly six times compared to previous years!
With such explosive growth, several small goals have been achieved in one year! Mr. Wang, the big boss of Coconut Tree Group, is naturally extremely happy.
So he felt that Zhong Yunqing was his "mascot", so he waved his hand and rewarded him with a small single-family villa in a high-end community in Wanlvyuan that had just opened.
This can really only be regarded as a "small villa", with a three-story structure and about 300 square meters. It also has an independent small garden of more than 50 square meters.
In fact, the name of the villa is a bit deceptive, but looking at the current housing prices, even if Wanlvyuan belongs to the "Haikou" city center area, the current housing prices are only about 2,000 per square meter.
A rough calculation of the construction cost of this villa is less than one million, and including decoration and other things, it is almost the same as his original endorsement fee.
So when Zhong Yunqing saw that Coconut Tree was making a lot of money because of his little butterfly wings, he naturally accepted the villa without any psychological burden.
But then again, although the sales of bottled water in inland areas are indeed very gratifying, deep down in Mr. Wang's heart, he still feels a bit regretful.
As for why I have regrets, it’s not because I don’t make enough money, but because, compared to other brands of mineral water, which has a vast source of water resources, the volcanic rock area of the main body of coconut mineral water is too small, resulting in limited production capacity.
Six times the sales volume is already the maximum upper limit of the production capacity of this water production area. Otherwise, with this shareholder wind, there is a real chance for Coconut Tree to hit the top five domestic bottled water sales rankings at once.
However, Zhong Yunqing certainly didn't know what the coconut tree boss was thinking. He was walking inside with Sisi now.
As for Sisi, after the driver of Coconut Tree left in another car, she followed Zhong Yunqing, slowly visited the single-family villa with several hundred square meters in front of her, and exclaimed:
“Wow, what a nice villa!”
The reason why the girl exclaimed was not to show that she had not seen the world, but because she simply did not understand. She could not understand why her boyfriend would suddenly buy a villa in this place.
You must know that this girl is now a little rich woman. With all kinds of income added up, she still has more than 10 million in her pocket.
Based on the price index at the end of 2006, the current price of more than 10 million is estimated to be much more durable than the one or two small goals of later generations!
But after Sisi's exclamation, the rest was naturally cross-examination.
She walked around the villa first, then returned to Zhong Yunqing, and said with a curious face:
"Old Zhong, tell me honestly, when did you come here to buy the villa? Why don't I know anything about it?"
"Tell me, are you planning to use the golden house to hide your beauty?"
When Zhong Yunqing saw that his little girlfriend was getting angry again, he didn't even bother to reply to her. Instead, he stepped forward and squatted down, grabbed her legs and picked her up in a "kiss, hug, hug and lift her high" posture, and said with a playful smile:
"That's right! Isn't it a golden house? It's the perfect place to hide this delicate flower like you!"
The two played in the living room for a while before Zhong Yunqing let her down. Then he carried her to the sofa and said softly:
"How's it going? Do you like it?"
After all, it is a villa, a big house, and no girl can refuse it. Even a carefree man like Sisi is no exception.
She responded obediently in Zhong Yunqing's arms:
"Um……"
As she glanced around the house and looked at the decoration style in the living room, Sisi's mind turned and she felt something was wrong.
So she looked at him again with a suspicious expression:
"But that's not right. We have been together almost all this time. How can you have time to come here and buy a house?"
Since the girl insisted on getting to the bottom of things, Zhong Yunqing certainly couldn't lie to her, but explained honestly:
"Okay, I'll be lenient if I confess. In fact, I didn't buy this villa, but someone rewarded it to me!"
Hearing what he said naturally made Sisi even more curious:
"Ah? A reward? Who would give you such a reward? It must be several million!"
As for numbers, Zhong Yunqing is noncommittal.
"Do you still remember our coconut tree advertisement?"
"Hmm..." The girl nodded.
"That's it. It is said that because of this advertisement we filmed, the sales of the Coconut Tree Group have soared this year. So they probably regard me as the 'mascot' of their group and gave me an extra villa to talk about it.
Mind……"
Of course Sisi didn't believe this statement, so she interrupted him and continued to brag:
"But, I also shot an advertisement with you, so why was the big villa only given to you and not to me?"
Zhong Yunqing looked at Sisi with a bulging face, and couldn't help but pinch her face and tease her:
"It's very simple. It's probably because Mr. Wang feels that the reason why the sales are so good this time is ultimately because my advertising creativity is good enough! ...Besides, whoever is following the other, isn't what's mine yours?"
"You are here less, so how can it be the same? I know there is a saying called 'notarization of property before marriage'. Who knows if you will treat me like this in the future, so what's yours may not be mine..."
Hey, this girl is no longer careless now, but her mind is running very fast.
But how could he allow the girl to gain the upper hand in such a discussion? He suddenly took over the topic with a scornful expression:
"Sister, are you going off topic, or are you planning to marry me so soon?"
Sisi rolled her eyes at him but did not refute.
"Yes, why did we talk about getting married while chatting... Well, this is not good, I am still so young, and I don't plan to get married now! It will take a few years to decide."
"Well, it doesn't matter anyway. I'll count on my fingers and you'll marry me sooner or later! It doesn't matter if you want to play for a few years."
When Sisi saw how determined this guy was, he knew how to tease her day by day, and immediately responded with a vicious expression:
"You, stop being stinky and beautiful! Who wants to marry you? You are stinky and shameless!"
Zhong Yunqing was not annoyed, he stood up and said
"Okay, let's stop this topic for now. Let's take a shower and rest quickly. The car ride took too long today, and I feel a little tired."
Seeing that he looked a little tired, Sisi naturally stopped continuing the topic and responded obediently:
"Well, you wash it first, I'll wash it later."
Zhong Yunqing nodded and walked into the shower room.
As it turned out, while he was taking a shower for about fifteen minutes, Sisi was lying on the sofa bored and flipping through TV programs with the remote control.
Then she heard Zhong Yunqing's cell phone on the other side of the sofa ring. As soon as Sisi heard it, she knew it was the sound of a QQ message on her cell phone.
The two of them were unprotected from each other, so the password Sisi set for him to turn on his phone was the last four digits of his ID card. Naturally, she could just pick up his phone and read the contents.
As a result, I saw a very cute girl's avatar on QQ, and a seemingly cute nickname called "Pippi"...
Humph, needless to say, you can tell it’s a girl’s QQ nickname at a glance!
Sisi stared at the screen with sharp eyes and clicked on the message.
"Big star, call me back when you see the news..."
Sisi now has the attribute of jealousy. When she saw the message sent by the girl, she was immediately filled with jealousy.
At this time, Zhong Yunqing was also wiping his hair with a towel and walking out:
"Sister, you should hurry up and wash yourself."
"Don't be busy yet... Lao Zhong, come here first and tell me honestly who is 'Pippi' among your QQ friends!"
As Sisi spoke, her eyes kept looking at his. If this guy's eyes dared to dodge even a little bit in panic when he heard "Pipi", just wait for this girl's "violent storm"!
"Don't think nonsense, this is my editor's QQ. She likes a Pokemon named "Pippi" in "Pokémon", so she used this nickname."
Explain her jealousy later. Zhong Yunqing then continued:
"Why, she sent me a message."
When it came to his explanation and knowing that this was his editor, Sisi's jealousy faded away.
"Well, she asked you to call her back when you have time. It seems there is something wrong."
After hearing what she said, Zhong Yunqing smiled slightly, took the phone handed over by Sisi, and pressed the callback button.
However, he still doted on Sisi very much. In order to prevent this girl from having any room for random thoughts, he pressed the speaker phone immediately.
After a while of ringing, the phone was connected. Before the other party had a chance to speak, Zhong Yunqing took the lead and said:
"Hey, Guo Ting, what's the matter?"
However, what is surprising is that the person who replied to him was not He Guoting, but a boy's voice:
"Hey, big star, I'm not Guo Ting, I'm Luo Li..."
"Um...Mr. Luo, you must have kidnapped my lovely editor this late at night, right?"
Sisi on the side heard "cute" and pinched his waist.
Zhong Yunqing was in pain and did not dare to continue to be too presumptuous.
"This is nothing. We are working overtime tonight, and my phone happened to be out of battery, so I used her phone to contact you. I just have something very important to discuss with you."
What he said just now was originally a joke, but now that the other party got to the point, he stopped thinking and responded seriously:
"Well, what are we discussing?"
"That's right, we are planning to hold an annual meeting in a while..."
This statement surprised Zhong Yunqing. Starting from the end of 2006, the scale was not that big at this time, right?
"Wait a minute, with the current scale of Starting Point, isn't it a bit too extravagant and wasteful to hold an annual meeting?"
Who knew that Raleigh's somewhat worried voice came from the other side of the phone:
"There is no other way. There is great competition among reading websites now and there are so many pirated websites. We plan to find another way. And this 'unknown way' has a lot to do with you young couple..."
"We young couple? Let's talk and listen."
"Look, you are the most popular platinum author in the first generation of our website. And Sisi is the first leader-level book fan on the website... Isn't this a very publicity stunt..."
After hearing what Luo Li said, Zhong Yunqing couldn't help but interrupt him and said:
"Wait a minute, you just said that Sisi is the starting point, the first alliance leader?"
Raleigh on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised by his reaction, but he still accepted his doubts and explained:
"That's right, we checked the background data and found that your girlfriend is indeed the first leader of our website, and the reward is your book!"
"So, we unanimously agreed to hold a decent annual meeting this year and invite you two big stars to attend. This will give us a publicity advantage that other platforms do not have..."
"Hey, you guys really want to play so big."
After hearing Luo Li's explanation, Zhong Yunqing had no intention of refusing.
After all, the starting point was the first place where he made his fortune during his period of playing a small role. If this was the feudal superstition of the ancient background, it would be called the "Land of Longxing".
So since the other party sincerely invited him to attend last year, Zhong Yunqing was still willing to go.
As for whether Sisi, the little girl, is willing, Zhong Yunqing is of course the direct representative of male chauvinism.
Moreover, he now wants to "interrogate" the girl next to him. She is actually his first alliance leader. This girl is so good at hiding it!
Think about it, when I first became a fan of the leader, I was so excited that I contacted her to share my joy. Then this girl might be secretly laughing at his stupidity!
So, it seems that it’s impossible not to spank her properly!
…………
The next morning, as the crew had just had breakfast and were about to start setting up the shooting scene, Zhong Yunqing’s assistant trotted over with a phone:
"Hello……"
After a conversation, Zhong Yunqing once again accepted the invitation to the annual meeting of Coconut Tree Group.
This advertising cooperation with Coconut Group was quite good. After the sales surged, the other party gave away both villas and cars. They might not have done this originally.
Since the other party gave him a favor, he didn't mind returning the favor.
"...Well, I accept the invitation to this annual meeting on behalf of Sisi. In addition, if you don't mind, I can sing an 'original' song of my own with Sisi at your annual meeting.
…”
The other party obviously understood this sentence immediately.