With nothing else to do, Liu Zhongze returned to the hotel. He didn't give Chen Fengqi a chance to cause trouble. After pushing him out the door, he locked the door behind him.

For the rest of the time, he focused on training, training non-stop, even when his phone emitted several lights, his mind remained on training.

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People occasionally come to the place where He Qian and her group of five live, but no one bothers them. At most, they are just curious and will leave after taking a look.

The five of them worked at full speed and finally completed the production of two episodes of Heroic Spirits as the sky darkened.

He Qian led Wang Xiaoming to the floor where Jenny Lin was, while the other four carried their things back to the van and waited for everyone to arrive before leaving.

Entering the building where Jenny Lin lived required an access card, which they didn't have, so they could only press the button for Jenny Lin's floor.

A middle-aged woman asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"Is this Jenny Lin's house? We're from the crew of 'Heroic Spirits.' Could you please tell Jenny Lin that we need to show her some sample footage?"

After He Qian finished speaking, the glass door next to her clicked open.

The middle-aged woman said, "Please come in. I'll press the elevator button and let you up."

"Thanks."

The two entered the elevator, and without them needing to press any buttons, the elevator started running automatically.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, the middle-aged woman pointed to the disposable shoe covers next to her and said, "Ms. Lin doesn't like outsiders making a mess of her home. You should put on the shoe covers. I'll take you to Ms. Lin."

The middle-aged woman looked like a nanny hired by Jenny Lin, probably there to clean the mansion and greet guests.

A clear female voice called out from inside, "Aunt Zhang, I'm hungry, I'm so hungry."

"You've arrived, Miss Jiang. Let me take the important guest to the study first. Please wait for me."

Jiang Yue's voice came again: "Okay, I want knife-cut noodles tonight!"

Aunt Zhang thought to herself: Miss Jiang doesn't usually eat knife-cut noodles, why is she suddenly interested in them today?

She stopped overthinking and led the two to the study. She knocked on the door, and Jenny Lin's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Upon opening the door, I saw Jenny Lin sitting in front of the computer. The computer desk was large, with plenty of space to put many documents next to it. Near the computer was a sofa and a tea table. The walls on both sides were covered with books, each showing signs of having been read. Among them, the marketing books were the oldest.

"I didn't expect you guys to be so fast. Normally, it would take me several days to get a promotional video made by a regular team, but you guys were able to finish two episodes in just two days. That's pretty efficient."

Zhang Ma invited the two to sit on the sofa and then left.

Jenny Lin walked over, sat in the main seat, and began to make tea.

Wang Xiaoming took out his tablet and played the two completed sample episodes of "Heroic Spirit". He and He Qian carefully watched Jenny Lin's expression.

Jenny Lin focused most of her energy on brewing tea, her expression remained largely unchanged, only occasionally glancing at the screen before handing the brewed tea to the two of them.

He Qian pushed up her glasses with the back of her hand, then quickly and respectfully accepted the cup of tea, putting it into her mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.

He Qian almost spat out the scalding hot tea, but thankfully she managed to hold it in.

Wang Xiaoming also accepted the tea from Jenny Lin. Unlike He Qian, he first held it to his nose and smelled it before saying, "It smells so good. Is this Longjing tea?"

Jenny smiled slightly but did not answer.

Wang Xiaoming took a sip, then spoke again: "West Lake Longjing... truly excellent tea!"

Although they were there to discuss business, Jenny Lin didn't say a word while brewing tea, as if she wasn't talking to them about business, but simply a refined tea enthusiast enjoying tea.

After the two 40-minute episodes of "Heroic Souls and War Souls" finished airing, the tea completely lost its fragrance, became thin, and developed an unpleasant odor.

Jenny Lin said, "You've done a good job. Since you've passed the test in terms of action and special effects, your storyline will only make this tokusatsu drama more profound and meaningful. I've decided to increase your subsequent investment."

"Really?" He Qian stood up excitedly.

Only after Wang Xiaoming gestured did he gradually sit back down on the sofa.

Jenny walked to the computer, took out a contract, and below it were two similar contracts, seemingly prepared to deal with different situations.

"This is the new contract. If there are no problems, you can sign it."

He Qian was about to pick up her pen and sign the contract. In her opinion, being able to realize her childhood dream was enough to make her do everything she could for it.

Wang Xiaoming reached out and grabbed her arm, carefully reading through each line.

Ten minutes later, Wang Xiaoming finished reviewing the contract. Pointing to one of the clauses, he asked, "We've only just started filming, and we're already going to start selling toys?"

Jenny Lin remained calm, saying, "Investment is for returns. Your broadcast revenue, even including potential future GG revenue, is not as much as the revenue from toys. If you don't sell toys while they're still popular, you won't have the opportunity to sell them later."

He Qian took the contract and examined it carefully. She noticed this clause, which was a mandatory condition with no room for change. After looking at the other conditions, she realized that only this clause was problematic. She then said, "We can sell toys, but the costumes, summoning devices, and weapons must all be designed by us."

Wang Xiaoming wanted to persuade He Qian, since they were already selling toys so soon after filming began. Was their original intention to make a good film or to sell toys?

He Qian gave him a wink, and Jenny Lin said at the same time, "Okay, today's suit design is very good. It's different from other suits and doesn't have that plastic feel. It's a unique design that can fill the gap in domestic tokusatsu dramas."

He Qian cautiously inquired, "You can't interfere with our filming afterwards."

"Sure, you've already proven your worth, so I'll naturally give you the respect you deserve. As long as you don't change the original storyline in the script or arbitrarily cut out scenes featuring my artist Lin Youyu, you can film however you want."

Under Wang Xiaoming's hesitant gaze, He Qian signed her name on the contract.

Just then, Zhang Ma knocked on the door and reminded her, "Ms. Lin, dinner is ready."

"Sister Zhang, I'll head out now." Jenny Lin looked at the two of them and said, "I won't keep you for dinner."

The two of them and Jenny Lin left the study and headed towards the elevator.

After entering the elevator, Wang Xiaoming asked, "Why did you agree to Jiujiang Film and Television's conditions so quickly?"

He Qian gave her answer: "Selling toys is not a bad thing. I believe that when the time comes, there will definitely be fans who like our work and want to buy the merchandise. I'm just going with the flow."

He Qian pushed up her slipping glasses with the back of her hand again and said, "And then there's Sister Ye. She's been running around with Lao Liu all the time. If our toys explode in the future, she can become a professional designer in that field and won't have to work so hard anymore."

Wang Xiaoming hadn't expected He Qian to think this way. He silently followed behind He Qian, heading towards the location of the other four people.

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