I lost my AC remote – but the Redmi Note 9S saved the day

For whatever reason, the weather is unreasonably hot. I needed my air conditioner to be turned on as soon as possible. I searched my room for the remote control and I couldn’t find it. I thought to myself – where the heck could it be? I continued searching and eventually, I gave up. But then I remembered two Xiaomi phones – the Mi 9, and also the Redmi Note 9S. Both of these phones have an IR blaster.