Chapter 144 A New Year's Day

New Year's Day.

From the morning onward, Su Yehao successively received many New Year's greetings in the form of text messages and emails. Even some of the foreign executives sent electronic New Year cards in accordance with Chinese customs, also reporting some good news along the way.

For example, the head of Valve Game Company mentioned that the competitor Blizzard Entertainment was interested in the game engine they developed, and was trying to offer a substantial technology licensing fee.

Then there was Google, whose revenue began to recover in January of this year, with total monthly revenue exceeding $20 million for the first time.

He wasn't in the mood to deal with these business trivialities for the time being.

Last night, Nangong Tian suddenly made up her mind, saying that she also wanted to have a cute little baby, dragging Jiang Yu into a mixed doubles match.

The *shi quan da bu tang* (literally "ten complete tonic soup") he had drunk yesterday afternoon came in handy immediately.

He had a bowl of oatmeal soaked in milk for breakfast. In Su Yehao's opinion, this stuff was purely a dessert, unable to fill his stomach.

However, Nangong Tian had recently been controlling her diet, reducing her carbohydrate intake. She couldn't bear to see Su Yehao eating alone, so she would cook a large bowl of noodles or eat *shaomai* and *changfen* in the morning, so she dragged him along to make do.

During breakfast, Su Yehao's phone rang. He picked it up and found that it was Jiang Shiye calling.

He waved the phone in front of Jiang Yu, answered it, and said with a smile, "Uncle Jiang! Happy New Year! I was just thinking of calling you later to wish you a Happy New Year. I didn't expect you to call first."

Jiang Shiye's voice came through:

"Happy New Year to you too… Well, was my daughter with you last night? I just found out this morning that she didn't come home all night. I tried calling her phone, but no one answered. I'm a little worried."

Jiang Yu, who was sitting at the table, was stunned when she heard this. Only then did she remember that she hadn't contacted her family. She had fallen asleep as soon as she got home last night and hadn't taken her phone with her this morning.

Their relationship was already obvious, so Su Yehao shamelessly replied, "Yes, she's right across from me eating breakfast. I guess her phone was on silent, so she didn't see it."

"Oh, that's fine then. Tell her to come to Central Pier after she's done eating. We'll be taking our own boat back to Casino later."

Jiang Shiye had just bought a yacht last month, from the Italian yacht company Azimut Yachts. Su Yehao knew about this.

It was seventy-eight feet long, which is a little over twenty-three meters. It could be considered a large luxury yacht on the market, costing more than forty million Hong Kong dollars.

Considering that Jiang Shiye's income was now stable and increasing, and Jiang Yu didn't need them to worry about anything, it was normal for him to be willing to spend money and enjoy himself…

After a brief chat, he hung up the phone.

Su Yehao said to Jiang Yu, "Your dad wants you to go directly to the pier later to take the boat."

"Yeah, the voice was so loud, I heard it."

Jiang Yu smiled as she ate breakfast, "My parents are so carefree now. After returning from Europe, they even took a boat trip to Xiamen in Mainland China. You guys are having dinner with Second Aunt tonight, so you should be going back too, right?"

"Yes, it would be nice to take your family's boat directly, but…"

Su Yehao looked at the little girl, his meaning obvious.

Jiang Yu was particularly candid this time, putting her arm around Nangong Tian's shoulder and saying, "What's wrong with that? It's not like they don't know about our relationship."

"Then there's no problem… I guess. Anyway, we don't have anything to do today, so let's just go back later and then find a place to watch a movie, how about that?"

"Sounds good. By the way, what about the super yacht you spent so much money on to customize, Mr. Billionaire?"

Speaking of this, Su Yehao also felt tired, and replied:

"Don't even mention it. I really can't trust the efficiency of European factories. It takes one or two years to customize a car, and one or two years to customize a watch. The yacht is so big, it will probably take two or three years before it can be launched. My dream of sailing around the world will have to wait."

"Instead of sailing around the world, you might as well take a cruise. You can also meet a lot of strangers."

After listening to Jiang Yu, Su Yehao agreed, "You're right. Thinking about it that way, there's no need to build a villa in Cyberport. Just park the yacht at the cruise terminal."

The little girl smiled and said, "That's true. You're becoming less and less considerate about saving money these days…"

…

After breakfast, Su Yehao took Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu to the Central Pier.

On the way, they stopped by two cinemas in Taikoo and Causeway Bay. According to the ticket sellers, the night show of the movie *The Myth* was packed, and many people were specifically asking to see it in the morning as well.

It seemed that the advertising was working quite well. In this day and age, online ticketing systems were not yet well-developed, and sales data hadn't been compiled in time. It was simplest and most direct to just ask the ticket sellers at the cinema.

After boarding the yacht at Central Pier, Jiang Shiye and his wife saw that Nangong Tian was also there, but they really didn't say anything and greeted her warmly.

Jiang Yu's parents were both smart people.

Although they knew that their relationship was a bit strange, since everyone was happy, there was no need to interfere arbitrarily, lest they ruin the great situation in the end.

It was similar to a programmer's code. No matter why it's running, as long as there's a good result, it's best not to touch it easily, so as not to lose more than you gain.

For example, between Mother Tang and Father Su.

They were just as inseparable in their early years. However, Grandpa Tang's temper was more irritable than it is now, and he never had much affection for Su Yehao's father from the start.

Over time, Father Su inevitably felt suppressed when faced with his father-in-law, who was always pointing fingers.

It just so happened that Sihai International Group had achieved some success, and the final result was obvious. Not only did it affect the couple's relationship, but it also led to Tang Yehao changing his name to Su Yehao.

Therefore, Jiang Shiye and his wife, who had higher emotional intelligence, didn't plan to interfere from the start, even when Su Yehao had a son last year, they chose to maintain the situation as much as possible.

During the voyage back to Casino.

Jiang Yu brought up a topic, saying:

"It is said that there will be big changes in the mainland cinema market. I don't know what will happen in the end. Currently, it is a vertical management system. Whatever films are selected above, the cinemas below can only show those films. In the future, it is expected to introduce a competitive mechanism, giving the rights to select and purchase films to the cinema chains. At that time, distribution and production companies will be able to directly supply films to the cinema chains, and movie ticket prices can also be set freely."

Nodding, Nangong Tian maintained a well-behaved and friendly image, and then introduced:

"Fortunately, with Mr. Billionaire's help, we directly negotiated the distribution work in the capital, and the box office split ratio for our producers is as high as 35%. Plus, by establishing a company in the Mainland, we saved 17% of the distributor's fees. In other words, Sweet Fish Entertainment can get a total of 52% of the box office, but we need to pay additional taxes. Our movie *The Myth*, which was released today, will be shown in more than 800 cinemas, but unfortunately, there are only over a thousand screens, which is too few."

Su Yehao smiled and shook his head, interjecting:

"Many cinemas in the Mainland are large auditoriums that can accommodate hundreds or thousands of people. You can't use the scale of Hong Kong cinemas to calculate. We've done everything we can. Now we just need to wait patiently, compile today's box office results, and do some publicity with the media, which will attract some new viewers. The box office shouldn't be too bad…"