Li Sitong was stunned for a moment: "My mother is a celebrity?"
Li Li nodded: "Your mother was a movie star. Her dream back then was to win the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress."
"I met your mother while filming a commercial, and later we got together. But because of our careers, the outside world never knew about our relationship. Then one day you had a fever. Your mother was away preparing for an awards ceremony. She heard the news and wanted to rush back, but..."
Li Sitong knew what happened next.
Li Li sighed: "Actually, that year, your mother had a great chance of winning the title of Best Actress, but unfortunately..."
Li Li took out Li Sitong's mother's diary.
"This diary was left behind by your mother."
Li Sitong's hands trembled as she took the diary.
"My little baby is finally born. She's so cute; I will definitely love her dearly!"
"I'm unhappy because I just gave birth and lost a very rare opportunity to play the lead role, but looking at this cute little thing, it's all worth it."
"I can finally continue acting, but the thought of leaving my child for so long... I'm really reluctant."
...Li Sitong flipped through her mother's diary for the first time. It was filled with bits and pieces of her own growth, and her tears couldn't help but fall.
Finally, the diary stopped on the day Li Sitong turned four.
"My baby is finally four years old. I've finally received a nomination for the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress. Having fulfilled this dream, I can spend every day with my lovely baby. I'm so happy..."
...That day, there was thunder outside, and she had a high fever. Her mother was supposed to attend the Golden Eagle Festival awards ceremony, but... "Mom..."
Li Sitong hugged the diary and cried.
The next day, Li Li saw that Li Sitong's eyes were red.
But he knew this was something his daughter had to endure.
"Dad, I've decided. I'm not going to apply for Huaqing University anymore. I want to apply for the Film Academy."
Li Li was stunned for a moment upon hearing his daughter's decision.
He sighed: "Si Tong, this path isn't easy. I know you want to fulfill your mother's dream, but if you get into Huaqing University, you can take over my company after graduation and manage a group worth hundreds of millions. Wouldn't that be better?"
Li Sitong shook her head: "Dad, that was Mom's dream. She didn't achieve it because of me, so I must fulfill it for her. I can still take over your company later, can't I? Just let your daughter be headstrong this once."
"But what about Ye Chen? Didn't you want to be at the same University as Ye Chen?" Li Li asked.
Li Sitong smiled: "I want to apply for the Kyoto Film Academy. We'll still be in the same city."
Li Li shook his head helplessly: "You really are just like your mother."
"By the way, come out with me in a bit."
Li Sitong was startled: "Where to?"
"To sign a contract with Ye Chen. I can help you manage the company, but you will be the legal representative," Li Li said with a smile.
Li Sitong nodded.
The meeting place was a teahouse.
Seeing Ye Chen, Li Sitong happily sat down next to him.
Li Li was speechless.
The feeling of his own cabbage being dug up by a pig really wasn't great.
"Si Tong, you should be sitting next to your father," Li Li said.
After all, it was a contract signing between two parties; it had to be somewhat formal.
Li Sitong said: "I don't want to. I want to sit next to Ye Chen."
Since Li Li already knew about her relationship with Ye Chen, the girl had become a bit more unrestrained.
Li Li shook his head helplessly.
This time, Li Li also brought a lawyer.
To sign a contract, a lawyer must be present for it to have legal effect.
Ye Chen was also holding a thick stack of documents.
This was the proposal he had spent all night typing up.
The lawyer took out the contract.
Ye Chen had a copy of the contract, and Li Sitong had a copy.
But Li Sitong signed it directly without even looking at it.
Ye Chen was speechless: "This is signing a contract. You're being too reckless."
Li Sitong smiled: "Signing with you, I'm willing even if I lose out a bit."
Li Li: "..."
He felt a sour sensation.
Your old man worked so hard to build this up, and you're just giving it away to your Boyfriend like this?
Ye Chen scanned it a few times, saw there were no issues, and signed his name.
With the contract signed, Ye Chen and Li Sitong's project was officially finalized.
"Next, the Shared Bikes project can be handed over to Li Li."
As for Li Sitong and Ye Chen, they were completely hands-off bosses.
Ye Chen also handed the cooperation proposal to Li Li.
With this proposal, all Li Li had to do was arrange manpower and resources.
"According to this contract plan, production will likely need to be increased in a month or two. Subsequent additional investment might be required; we can invest ourselves or find an investment firm."
Ye Chen believed that with Li Li's personality and strength, once he saw the impact of the Shared Bikes, he definitely wouldn't look for investors and would surely add more investment himself.
Therefore, Ye Chen also had to earn more money so as not to fall behind.
Li Li flipped through Ye Chen's proposal. After just a few pages, he was shocked.
The proposal was so detailed that when he saw the section on manufacturing Shared Bikes, Li Li was completely won over by Ye Chen's talent.
In truth, Li Li had many concerns about this project.
For example, with so many bicycle thieves nowadays, what would happen if the Shared Bikes were stolen?
It turned out Ye Chen had already thought of this problem.
Beyond that, Ye Chen had even thought of things that hadn't occurred to Li Li.
It could be said that Ye Chen had considered all factors detrimental to the development of Shared Bikes and had written down solutions for them.
For instance, installing GPS positioning on the Shared Bikes, Closed-loop gears... In short, Ye Chen's proposal absorbed the growth experiences of Shared Bikes from his past life.
The design of the Shared Bikes was made to be durable, not requiring air inflation, and even anti-theft measures for various parts of the bike were considered.
In his past life, Ye Chen knew that when the Little Yellow Bikes were first deployed, the theft rate was as high as over twenty percent because they lacked these configurations.
This loss rate would be too great a loss for them.
Of course, while Ye Chen's suggestion was good, the manufacturing cost also doubled.
But compared to being stolen, this increase in cost was completely worth it.
The cost of such a bike would be around 10,000 yuan, and Ye Chen's suggestion was to first deploy 10,000 bicycles.
Ten thousand might seem like a large number, but it was too few if deployed across the entire Jiang City.
According to Ye Chen's design, at least 100,000 bikes would be needed to meet the demand of Jiangzhou.
Also, riding a Shared Bike required paying a deposit.
This idea also made Li Li clap in admiration.
The deposit for one bike was 199 yuan, which could be refunded if one stopped riding.
This deposit was also meant to make users take better care of the bicycles.
Ye Chen even wrote that Li Li should cooperate with Zhifubao and Penguin Group's WeChat.
In short, everything Li Li had thought of was in the contract, and everything he hadn't thought of was also written in by Ye Chen.