novellhall Chapter 73 Good News from Motorola Headquarters
Chapter 73 Good News from Motorola Headquarters
Beijing Normal University started its new semester in early September.
Li Si'an completed the enrollment procedures, received his student ID and dormitory key, and moved into the school dormitory that same day. Art majors don't have many classes, but before he could even attend a single day of class, military training began.
The military training took place on Beijing Normal University's own campus. Every day, the playground was filled with freshmen in camouflage uniforms, a lush green expanse that looked like a field of vegetables from a distance.
Standing at attention, marching in formation, and shouting slogans—the instructor was a young man in his early twenties with an incredibly loud voice. When he shouted "Attention!", half the parade ground could hear him.
The sun was still very strong in early September, turning the ground of the playground white. The camouflage uniforms were soaked with sweat and then dried, then soaked again.
On September 10th at noon, training had just ended, and Li Si'an followed the team from the playground to the canteen.
The sun was so hot that the back of my neck was burning, and my camouflage uniform was soaked with sweat and stuck to my body.
He ate a few mouthfuls of food in the cafeteria, but couldn't taste anything. His mind was still on his phone, so he quickly washed his lunchbox and hurried back to his dormitory.
The dormitory building reeked of sweat. In the corridor, some people were washing clothes, some were smoking, and some were lying on their beds groaning about leg pain.
Li Si'an walked to her cabinet, took out her key, unlocked it, and took out her phone.
This is what he does every day at noon and in the afternoon these past few days.
He couldn't bring his phone to training sessions and had to lock it in a cabinet. He was always thinking about news from Motorola, afraid of missing a call, so he would open the cabinet to check as soon as he got back.
Several missed calls were displayed on the screen. The same number had been dialed multiple times.
His gaze froze—it was the landline number for the Motorola building. He recognized the number; he had saved it.
His heart started racing. He stared at the number for two seconds, making sure he wasn't mistaken.
Motorola called so many times, it must be urgent.
Is there any news? Did it succeed or fail? If it failed, Zhao Hongyu probably wouldn't call personally, right? No, it's also possible he was just notified that it wasn't approved…
My mind was a jumbled mess, with all sorts of thoughts crammed together, like queuing up for food in the cafeteria, with no one giving way to the other.
He took his phone and walked to the window at the end of the corridor. Outside, there was a row of poplar trees, their leaves rustling in the wind. He took a deep breath and dialed the number.
The phone rang twice before being answered.
"Director Zhao, it's me, Li Si'an. Sorry, I was in military training this morning and my phone wasn't with me."
"It's alright," Zhao Hongyu's voice came through the receiver, tinged with amusement. "Just letting you know, things are settled."
It's settled.
When those two words hit him, Li Si'an felt a buzzing in his head. He gripped his phone, his palms sweating profusely.
"Headquarters approved it," Zhao Hongyu said. "GG is sponsoring 50,000 yuan, plus two StarTAC movies. This is for your music video."
Your GG film—it's been approved by the Asia-Pacific headquarters. The evaluation is that it's of very high quality; there's no need to reshoot, we've directly bought the broadcasting rights for the Asian region.
At this point, Zhao Hongyu paused deliberately before continuing, "Including the right to use your slogan, the whole package will cost $100,000. It will arrive in about a week."
Li Si'an opened her mouth, her throat tightened, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
$100,000. Purchase of exclusive broadcasting rights for the film "GG" in Asia. Rights to use promotional slogans.
His mind went over those words over and over again, and each time he went over them, they seemed even more unreal.
"The order of the global launch events for the slogan has been set," Zhao Hongyu continued. "North America first, then Europe, and finally Asia. Our launch event for Beijing Company is scheduled for September 18th."
"September 18th?" Li Si'an finally found her voice, which sounded a little unsteady.
"Yes. Wednesday," Zhao Hongyu said. "You'll need to be there; the media might ask you a few questions."
Li Si'an quickly went through the military training schedule in her mind. September 18th, the military training wasn't over yet, but taking half a day off shouldn't be a problem.
"Okay. No problem," he said.
"Oh, right," Zhao Hongyu paused, then added, "there's one more thing. Before the press conference, you need to come to the company first and sign the GG licensing and slogan licensing contracts."
That way we can start the subsequent payment process. Is tomorrow convenient for you? Come with your uncle; I'll be waiting for you at the Motorola building.
Li Si'an nodded. "Okay, I'll go with my uncle tomorrow morning."
"Okay, call me when you arrive." After saying that, Zhao Hongyu didn't hang up, but added with a smile, "..."
"Xiao Li, you can release your album now."
After hanging up the phone, Li Si'an closed it and leaned against the windowsill for a while. Her heart was still racing, and her temples were throbbing.
He pressed his phone against his forehead; the cool plastic case pressed against his burning skin, a pleasantly soothing sensation.
September 18th. $9. Contract to be signed tomorrow.
He took a deep breath, opened his phone, and dialed his uncle's number.
It rang twice, and then the other end answered.
"Feed? Anzi?" Zhou Weidong's voice came through the receiver, the background noise was a bit noisy, as if he were outside.
"Uncle, Motorola has made the deal."
"It's settled?" Zhou Weidong's voice suddenly rose, and the background noise instantly faded away, as if he had walked to a quiet place with his phone in hand. "Really settled?!"
"It's settled. GG will sponsor 50,000 yuan, plus two mobile phones."
Li Si'an spoke very quickly, as if she wanted to finish everything at once.
"My video was bought out by the Asia-Pacific headquarters, along with the rights to use the promotional tagline, all for a package deal of $9. The press conference at BJ Company is on September 18th. We're going to sign the contract tomorrow morning; you'll have to come with me."
Zhou Weidong paused for a moment on the other end of the phone, then burst out laughing, a hearty laugh.
"Good lad! One hundred thousand US dollars?! You're starting to earn US dollars now!"
Hearing her uncle's laughter, Li Si'an couldn't help but laugh herself.
"Okay, okay, I got it! I'll go with you tomorrow morning!" Zhou Weidong chuckled again. "You've really got guts, kid!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Si'an put his phone in his pocket and turned to walk downstairs. He walked much faster than usual.
Someone was washing clothes in the hallway, the sound of rushing water filling the air. Someone was playing a radio in their dorm room, and a song was playing, but I couldn't make out who was singing.
He went downstairs and walked out of the dormitory building. The sunlight outside was so bright that he squinted.
He wandered aimlessly around the campus for a while.
The September sun was so hot that he was sweating, and the back of his camouflage uniform was soaked with sweat, but he didn't feel hot.
My mind keeps replaying Zhao Hongyu's words—$9 for the exclusive Asian broadcasting rights to GG, press conference on September 18th, contract signing tomorrow.
After walking for a while, my excited emotions finally calmed down, and my mind became much clearer.
At that moment, a thought suddenly popped into my head—Zhao Hongyu said, "You can release an album now"—but when exactly will this album be released?
At the press conference on September 18th, the promotional slogan was announced: "GG movie starts airing, and his name will be associated with Motorola."
We definitely need to take advantage of this opportunity, but how? Should we release the album before the press conference, or wait until after the conference?
If it were 2026 in his previous life, he would have chosen to release the album on the day of the press conference without hesitation.
Because back then, trending news spread almost without delay. You could buy a few trending topics on Weibo, or boost your short videos to generate buzz, and you could maximize your promotional impact in no time.
However, the main channels for news dissemination are still newspapers and television, and Li Si'an is not sure how long this dissemination takes.
He stopped, took out his phone, and dialed his uncle's number again.
"Uncle, could you come to the school this afternoon?"
"What's wrong?" Zhou Weidong's voice suddenly became tense.
"Nothing went wrong. It's just that Motorola is having a press conference on September 18th, and I'm wondering when would be a good time to release the album."
I'm not sure about this, so I wanted to discuss it with Xu Zhongming. Could you ask for leave for me and then pick me up so we can go see him together?
Zhou Weidong paused for a moment on the other end. "Okay, I'll take care of the leave. You wait at school, I'll call you when I arrive."
"Alright."
After hanging up the phone, Li Si'an put her phone in her pocket and turned to walk towards the dormitory building.
The September sun hung high overhead, blindingly bright, turning the ground on the playground white. In the distance, the instructor's whistle blew, signaling the afternoon training was about to begin.
He had to ask his counselor for leave, take a shower, change his clothes, and wait for his uncle to pick him up.