Of course, this was just a thought. In reality, Director Li had already privately sounded out Qi Yu's intentions.
But Qi Yu had never given a response, nor could she confirm whether she would film another martial arts drama.
Qi Yu had a full day of filming. During this time, she also went to a meal. She used this dinner to meet several investors and became friends with them. By the time all these matters were concluded, it was already past midnight.
Si Qing had accompanied her the entire time.
Wang Lanqing had also been waiting in the car. Seeing the siblings get into the car, looking utterly exhausted, she couldn't help but sigh helplessly. As she drove back, she frowned and said, "Sister Qi Yu, aren't you pushing yourself too hard? Even with the law, you have to be busy filming during the day, communicating with investors, promoting the program, and arranging the schedule. At noon, you have to dine with investors and make friends. Tomorrow, you're supposed to go to a bar with those investors, aren't you? Even with your powers, this is too much. You never used to have this many things to do, do you? Can you really handle it?"
Wang Lanqing had always felt that even with powers, in their modern society, much of the exhaustion stemmed from the mind, due to too many things with no breathing room, rather than normal physical exertion.
Upon hearing this, Qi Yu didn't pay much mind. She simply shook her head, indicating she wasn't particularly tired, and then continued thoughtfully, "It's not that I'm tired, I just find this world of yours is really easy to make money in. When I was having dinner with those investors just now, I casually chatted about a few business ventures, and it was easy to rake in a pile of cash."
Qi Yu's expression was filled with emotion as she said this.
In her own world, if one didn't possess extraordinary abilities, or possessed them but not to a great extent, and wanted to earn a lot of gold, it was no easy task.
The risks involved were life-threatening, far more dangerous than in this era. In this era, if you failed to make money, at most you'd go bankrupt. Unless you chose to end it all yourself, no one would take your life.
Wang Lanqing looked at Qi Yu with a complex and speechless gaze.
She had lived in this world for so many years before transmigrating, yet she never knew it was so easy to make money. Or perhaps she was simply not cut out for making money, which was why she had spent so long in this world without achieving as much as a person from ancient times who had just transmigrated.
Si Qing, seeing Wang Lanqing's look of existential doubt, couldn't help but pat her shoulder. "Don't overthink it. When it comes to making money, my sister is just very experienced."
Wang Lanqing nodded.
Annuo, overhearing Si Qing, almost burst out laughing. "This girl is indeed experienced in making money, and very experienced at that."
Chenxi nodded. "Alas, I really didn't expect that investing could make money. Then, Qi Yu, how much money have you made now?"
Everyone wanted to know the answer, as Qi Yu had never given a precise figure.
Qi Yu held up three fingers to them.
Wang Lanqing pursed her lips and sighed.
Feng Yunzui guessed, "What does three fingers mean? Three hundred taels? But the currency calculations in this world can't be the same as in ours, right?"
So, what did holding up three fingers in this world signify in terms of earnings?
Feng Yunzui couldn't figure it out.
Based on her guesses about this world, Feng Sixian tentatively asked, "Could it be 3 million?"
She had heard this number before when browsing videos on her phone.
"My previous jade, although its spiritual energy wasn't very abundant, sold for a full hundred million in this world," Qi Yu said, then slowly continued, "This drama was invested with 50 million, and when I was dining with those investors just now, we finalized a few more projects, bringing in another hundred million."
Wang Lanqing silently nodded, counting the zeros on the numbers that followed.
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million...
As Wang Lanqing counted, she swallowed.
Having lived for so long.
This was the first time she had seen her bank account notifications displaying so many zeros.
Although Si Qing was already very familiar with the currency system of this world, he showed no shock upon hearing the figure of over a hundred million.
Perhaps it was because, before coming to this world, he had already grown accustomed to Qi Yu's vast fortunes.
So, hearing such a large number of zeros and figures didn't strike him as particularly unusual. Instead, he would have found it strange if his sister hadn't been so capable of earning so much money.
Wang Lanqing counted and recounted the balance on her phone. Finally, feeling she couldn't count anymore, she rubbed her eyes and stood up, deciding to make herself a cup of hot tea.
She also asked if anyone else wanted anything to drink. If so, she would prepare more.
Qi Yu said she was fine with tea, and the others nodded in agreement.
Hearing this, Wang Lanqing was about to get the thermos to boil some water when she heard a series of knocks on the door from outside.
Wang Lanqing paused, not responding immediately. Instead, she signaled for everyone to be quiet and went to the door to peek outside.
Indeed, she saw a familiar figure outside.
Wang Lanqing's expression darkened. She ignored the knocking and walked over to boil water.
Si Qing and Qi Yu exchanged glances, both puzzled as to why Wang Lanqing wasn't opening the door.
However, having lived for so long, and with Qi Yu being the Heavenly Dao with the ability to listen,
she only needed to close her eyes gently for a moment to understand the reason behind Wang Lanqing's refusal to open the door.
"Wang Lanqing, are the people outside your biological parents?" Qi Yu asked, looking at Wang Lanqing. Through her legal powers as the Heavenly Dao, she could perceive the blood connection between Wang Lanqing and the two people outside.
Wang Lanqing held her teacup, remaining silent.
After a long while.
She finally nodded, then lowered her gaze and said sheepishly, "The couple outside are indeed my parents. However, we haven't seen each other for a very long time. They didn't try to contact me during the many years I was missing after transmigrating, so this contact at this time can't be for anything good. Don't bother with them."
Qi Yu hummed thoughtfully.
Wang Lanqing's guess was more or less correct.
She had just used her abilities to listen and heard the couple standing outside the door, discussing in hushed tones whether Wang Lanqing was home and where she used to hide her keys, rummaging through things.
Qi Yu sighed and shook her head.
Chi Shangming looked at Wang Lanqing. "Your parents are too troublesome. But why would they suddenly show up after not contacting you for so long?"
Could it be for money?
But if so, how did they find out that Wang Lanqing was now wealthy?