Soon, Zhou Ying finished changing her clothes and walked out of the room humming with a light step.
Fang Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Are you coming back for dinner tonight?"
Zhou Ying shook her head. "I'm eating out."
"I won't be back tonight either. I'm going to stay at your eldest uncle's house for the night and look for some work nearby."
Zhou Ying asked in confusion, "Looking for work?"
"I've thought it over. If I can find a job, I'll stay in Chengdu so I can visit your grandmother from time to time."
Zhou Ying nodded. "That's good too, but don't force yourself, Mom. The videos I've been making lately are generating income, and Jiang Cheng said I don't need to split my earnings with their company. As long as I work hard, I might not even need to get a job."
Fang Yuan touched Zhou Ying's face with heartache. "It already hurts me to see you working part-time jobs. As your mother, I should share some of your burdens."
By the time Zhou Ying came down, Jiang Cheng's car was already parked at the side of the residential area.
She opened the car door and got in, her heart full of joy.
Jiang Cheng looked at her with some confusion. "What are you so happy about?"
"Shouldn't the first thing you do when I get in be helping me with my seatbelt?" Zhou Ying said coquettishly.
Perhaps due to being pampered since childhood, Zhou Ying always had a delicate and spoiled air about her, which made Jiang Cheng want to pull her into his arms and dote on her whenever he saw it.
Jiang Cheng immediately understood her meaning. After rolling up the car windows, he unbuckled his own seatbelt and leaned over. He helped Zhou Ying with her seatbelt while simultaneously checking on the 'little white rabbits.'
It wasn't until a car came up behind them that Zhou Ying shyly pushed Jiang Cheng away.
After the car started, Zhou Ying straightened her clothes and asked with a slightly red face, "By the way, I'm going back to Shanghai the day after tomorrow. When are you going back?"
"I'll probably stay here for a while longer. I still have some things to handle," Jiang Cheng replied.
Hearing this, Zhou Ying pouted. "Then won't it be a long time before I see you again?"
"I'll go find you as soon as I'm done with my business," Jiang Cheng said tenderly.
After all, Xiao Xia's task wasn't finished yet.
He wanted to see if he could speed up the progress while he was back this time.
Zhou Ying's face flushed as she continued, "Oh, right. My mom just said she's going out to look for a job. If she finds one, she won't be going to Shanghai."
Jiang Cheng was delighted to hear this. Wouldn't that mean he'd have more opportunities to spend time with Zhou Ying in the future?
Wasn't this exactly what he had just envisioned?
All he could say was that this was wonderful!
However, there was a downside. It seemed he could only come back occasionally to farm favorability values now.
After all, the [Old and Young All-Killer Tofu Card] hadn't been used yet.
"Why did your aunt suddenly decide to stay in Chengdu?"
"She said she wants to spend more time with Grandma and occasionally offer incense for her. If she goes to Shanghai, she won't have much time to come back."
Jiang Cheng agreed calmly, "That's true. Although Shanghai is great, it's still more comfortable staying at home."
"I think so too. Home feels more familiar. But it's not certain if she can find a job. My mom only knows how to do beauty-related work; no one wants her for anything else."
Jiang Cheng's heart stirred, and he asked, "Has your aunt done this kind of work before?"
Zhou Ying shook her head. "Not exactly, but she used to spend time at beauty salons every few days, so she's very familiar with the procedures and picks them up quickly."
"A beauty salon? That's not hard. If she can't find a job, she can just open one herself."
Seeing Jiang Cheng speak so lightly of it, Zhou Ying couldn't help but glance at him.
She said enviously, "The way a Tycoon thinks is just different from us ordinary people."
Zhou Ying understood Jiang Cheng's meaning, but she wasn't sure if Fang Yuan would accept it.
"Isn't this a shortcut? Although opening your own shop has higher risks, the working hours are more flexible."
"That's true, but I don't think my mom would accept it. Let her figure it out herself. I'll open one for her once I've earned enough money."
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about that. I'll handle the funding."
After all, her reaction had been quite strong when Jiang Cheng bought them the house.
"How has the income from your videos been lately?"
"Speaking of that, I think it's amazing. Following the company's plan, I adapted a few of Jay Chou's songs for the Guzheng, filmed them, and uploaded them to TikTok. My follower count grew incredibly fast. I've even taken on a few ads recently. With this income, I don't need to do part-time jobs anymore. Plus, I'm saving up so I can buy you a gift for your birthday."
Zhou Ying was actually very independent. Yesterday, Jiang Cheng offered to transfer money to her, but she refused.
According to her, she already had extra income thanks to Jiang Cheng's help, and having enough to spend was fine.
Seeing her happy look, Jiang Cheng said dotingly, "Oh? Not bad. Hearing you say that makes me look forward to it. You've made progress. You once said rich people have many ways to be happy, while the poor can only celebrate with food and drink. Now that you're thinking of buying me a gift, your income must be good. How are the stats lately?"
"My TikTok followers are doing okay. After filming a few Guzheng videos, I'm close to 500,000 followers. The manager also opened a YouTube account for me overseas. I filmed videos of Chinese-style songs with English commentary, and the views are great. They all have hundreds of thousands of views."
Jiang Cheng nodded. This idea was one he had proposed when he first started the media company.
After all, in the beginning, Qiao Yinyin had also used Li Ziqi's template.
They weren't just developing on TikTok, but on overseas video platforms as well.
Furthermore, Li Ziqi had originally blown up on YouTube overseas.
She had been doing food-related self-media since 2016.
She could be called one of the most popular self-media Internet Celebrities this year.
"I remember YouTube pays for views. A thousand views is one dollar, so a hundred thousand views is a hundred dollars. A few hundred thousand views converted to RMB is a few thousand yuan. It's not much, but it's a good start."
Hearing Jiang Cheng's encouragement, Zhou Ying nodded happily. "Mhm, I've discussed it with them. Chinese style is indeed very popular overseas. So when I go back, I'll buy some Chinese-style elements and outfits to add in, or go to some ancient-style places for filming."
The two discussed the next filming plan while driving toward the city center.
According to the goal Zhou Ying mentioned last night, Jiang Cheng headed straight for some newly opened residential developments near Chunxi Road and Taikoo Li.
Chengdu's Taikoo Li was completed in 2014. In the coming years, it would become the central district of Chengdu. Not only was it bustling and lively, but the nearby commercial areas were also highly developed, offering everything one could want for food and entertainment.