Chinese Entertainment 2017: Starting from the Top Writers

Chapter 156 Online Interaction, First Day Box Office

On the last day before the holiday, Lin Li did not go anywhere. He honestly attended two professional classes in the classroom, which aroused the curiosity of his classmates.

Half past three.

After the afternoon class, Lin Li, who was about to leave the classroom, was grabbed by Li Xiang. He turned around and stared at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"Lin Li, your new movie is coming out today, why are you here for class?"

Lin Li was stunned at first, then looked at him with a funny face: "Class Monitor Li, what kind of logic are you talking about? Can't I come to class just because my new movie is released? Is it okay for me to love learning?"

Li Xiang glanced at him and said, "You love studying so much that you asked for leave before the movie was released to go on the roadshow. Now that it's released, you're not in a hurry."

Lin Li was not embarrassed, with a faint smile on his face: "We have made all the efforts we should have made. Now the box office performance will depend on everyone's feedback."

Li Xiang felt that what Lin Li said made sense and nodded in agreement.

"Then I won't care about you anymore. I bought movie tickets for my roommates to support your new movie. I'm leaving now."

Lin Li bowed to him and said, "Thank you for your support, monitor."

"Screw you."

Li Xiang cursed with a smile and trotted away.

Lin Li shook his head and smiled, then walked back to the dormitory at a leisurely pace.

In the dormitory, Chen Chao, who had just finished an open class, sat cross-legged on the upper bunk with a computer on his legs and typing away with both hands. No one knew what he was busy with.

Seeing Lin Li coming back, he raised his eyes and said: "It's currently ranked second in real-time box office, not bad."

"Got it, stop looking and let's find a place to drink."

Lin Li nodded to show that he understood, and then started to make arrangements for the evening.

Chen Chao had a look on his face that said, "I saw through you." "I thought you were really so calm and composed, but it seems that's not the case."

Lin Li rolled his eyes at him in annoyance: "I don't have any reason to pretend with you. Although I know what's going on, who dares to relax before the final result comes out?"

"Okay, what to eat then."

"Now that the weather is fine again, let's go to the old place, have some barbecue and drink some beer."

"No problem, let's go."

Chen Chao turned off his computer, got out of bed, and almost bumped into Lin Li.

"Fuck, slow down."

"Oh, I didn't mean to do that."

"For this collision, you will be fined two bottles."

"Fuck, then crash back!"

"No, two bottles, it's a deal!"

"What the heck!"

……

Not far from the east gate of Renmin University, there is a Chang'an BBQ restaurant named Little Camel. It is the most popular barbecue restaurant near Renmin University.

When they first entered the National People's Congress, Lin Li and Chen Chao often came here to queue up for a table just to have a bite of food.

Over time, I became familiar with the boss. After his identity was revealed, I took time to go there twice, and the boss reserved a table for me both times.

This time was no exception. Lin Li and the other person first played around in the dormitory for a while, and then talked about company matters.

It was getting dark around six o'clock, and the two of them staggered over here and sat down at a small square table that was relatively hidden in the corner of the store.

They don't have private rooms here. The store is over 200 square meters in size, and is filled with small square tables or long tables, and everyone sits on small stools.

This is the location they stay at every time they come. The boss specially chose it for them so it is not easy to be discovered.

The boss, Brother Li, was a big man from the northwest who was in his forties. When he saw Lin Li and the other man sitting down, he walked over from the front desk himself, his square face filled with a warm smile.

"Brother, you have a new movie coming out today and you still have the energy to come over to drink with me. You have a really good attitude."

Lin Li took off his mask and looked up at him: "I'm a little nervous, so I wanted to come to Brother Li's place to eat something and drink something to calm my mind."

Brother Li laughed and said, "Okay, I'll bring the stove over to you in a minute. Then you can order whatever you want to eat by scanning the QR code. I'll grill it for you myself."

Lin Li made an OK gesture: "No problem."

Brother Li left with a smile on his face, while Chen Chao was already ordering food on his phone.

"Don't forget to order the spicy oil casserole."

Lin Li reminded.

"I know, I know. How could I forget this?"

Chen Chao replied without even raising his head.

Lin Li also took this opportunity to open his phone and check Weibo.

At this time, many of the first audience who had watched the movie had already posted some reviews online, and several of the hot searches were related to tragedy.

Suddenly, Lin Li's eyes focused and he saw a piece of content related to himself on the hot search.

"Li Yitong stands tall"

He clicked on it out of curiosity and then understood what was going on.

It turned out that Li Yitong posted a video of herself booking a theater to watch "A Sad Story" and a selfie facing the empty theater, with the caption "Ali, I promised you the theater, the movie is good, it made me cry."

The reason why it was on the hot search list was that netizens didn’t know when Lin Li had a relationship with Li Yitong again, and Li Yitong even booked a private theater to support his new movie.

I opened the comment section and was shocked by how chaotic it was.

"When did Tongtong meet Nanda? I feel like the dimensional wall has been broken again."

"Why do I feel like you're taking advantage of the situation?"

"The person upstairs is sick, is that a crime that can happen to others?"

"Didn't Lao Hu and Teacher He also post on Weibo to support the booking of the theater? That's normal, right?"

"I am indeed a little curious. When did Tongtong get to know Nanda again?"

“No matter who you are, as long as you support NTU’s new film, you are our friend.”

……

Lin Li didn't expect that this sister was so efficient. She said she would support the movie during their previous chat, and she booked the entire theater on the first day of the movie's release.

After thinking about it, he replied below.

"Thank you for your support, Sister Yitong. I'll treat you to a nice meal when I'm free."

Then I went to the comment section of Teacher He and Lao Hu to reply and express my gratitude.

When he looked back at Li Yitong's comment section, his reply had been pushed up, and Li Yitong also replied to him. Wow, is he just staying in the comment section?
Li Yitong: "I remember it O(∩_∩)O"

Take a look at the comments section.

"Oh my god, a real Nan Da! So these two are really friends!"

"So, when did they intersect? Entertainment is really a circle!"

"Ahhh! My favorite female star and my favorite Nanda!"

"So we really know each other. It looks like they are very familiar with each other."

"Please give me a CP name!"

"There's a sick person upstairs, identification completed!"

……

"tsk"

Seeing the barbecue stove coming over, followed by skewers and beer, Lin Li turned off his phone and smacked his lips.

He was also impressed by this group of stupid netizens, who could pair up as long as they were of the opposite sex.

Of course, some people who are not of the opposite sex cannot escape being paired up. Everything can be a couple!

"Come on, stop fiddling with that phone of yours and have a drink first."

"I just can't believe this lousy weather. It rained in the morning and it's not even cool enough yet and it's getting hot again in the afternoon!"

Chen Chao complained while opening a bottle of beer and handing it to Lin Li.

"Don't forget you owe me two bottles of wine"

Lin Li took the beer and reminded Chen Chao.

"Two bottles is just two bottles, what's the big deal? Watch me!"

Chen Chao had a look of disdain on his face, and as soon as he finished speaking he started to swirl a bottle of beer into his mouth.

"Gudu Gudu"

Lin Li put the skewers on the stove and watched Chen Chao pour a bottle of beer.

"belch"

“Tsk, cool!”

After showing off in one breath, Chen Chao burped and started to get excited.

"Brother Chao has a good alcohol tolerance!"

Lin Li also gave him a thumbs up to express his admiration.

"Come on, Brother Chao, let me toast you again. You have worked hard during this period!"

Lin Li also raised his beer and gestured to Chen Chao.

"Tsk, you kid! Come on, do it!"

Chen Chao didn't waste any time. He opened another bottle and raised it to clink it with his.

"boom"

As soon as they touched each other, they both raised the bottles and spun them at the same time.

"Tsk!"

"Tsk! So cool!"

After finishing the bottle, they both sighed.

They looked at each other and started laughing. It had been a long time since they sat down and had a good drink like this.

However, the two of them did not notice that this scene had been secretly photographed by a girl at a table not far from them with her mobile phone.

Lin Li and the other man didn't notice anything she was saying. They had already entered a completely relaxed state, eating skewers and clinking glasses frequently, looking very comfortable.

Lin Li actually intended to ask Chen Chao to come out and relax today. He noticed that Chen Chao was too concerned about the company's affairs recently and missed classes more frequently than him, so he wanted to talk to him.

"Chaozzi, there is something I want to talk to you about."

Lin Li organized his words and prepared to have a heart-to-heart talk with Chen Chao.

Unexpectedly, Chen Chao raised his hand and signaled him to stop.

Chen Chao withdrew his hand, spread out his five fingers, and put them back along his hair, a wanton smile appearing on his flushed face.

"Ali, I know what you want to say. In fact, I was going to talk to you about that, too."

"We have talked about this before. I am indeed lacking in ability and am not suitable for the position of general manager. Xu Fei is more suitable than me."

"But as a man, who doesn't want to prove himself? I am sincere in my willingness to step down, but I am also sincere in my desire to work harder to prove myself."

"So during this period of time, I worked hard to participate in learning various aspects of the affairs, wanting to prove that I have the ability. However, after working hard, I found that I was still lacking. I really couldn't grasp and coordinate the cooperation between the various departments of the entire company, and I also neglected my studies."

"So after this National Day, you can promote Xu Fei. I will be in charge of the business affairs. I also need to focus on the school and enrich myself."

Chen Chao said all his true feelings in one breath, then raised the bottle and took a few big gulps.

Lin Li stared at him for a while, then smiled, raised the bottle and took a few sips before looking at him again.

"If I had known you had figured it out, I wouldn't have done this. It's killing me!"

"Damn it, what are you talking about! We have to take one down today!"

"You dare to compete with me in drinking!?"

"It's just wine! It's just wine! It's just water! Drink it! Spit it out! Come on!"

"Okay, Dad will teach you how to behave! Come on!"

"boom"

The bottles collided and the two began to gulp down the wine again.

No one would have thought that on the first day of the release of Sadness, the director Lin Li had a drinking contest with others in a barbecue restaurant.

This drinking session lasted for a long time. Beer is something that makes you drink more and go to the toilet more often, but it is not easy to get drunk.

So the two of them drank from about seven o'clock until the early morning, and Chen Chao vomited twice before finally falling on the table.

Lin Li was just slightly excited when the phone on the desk suddenly vibrated, indicating a new message.

I picked up my phone and took a look, and saw a message from Xu Fei.

Lin Li clicked it and took a closer look. After confirming that it was correct, he finally felt relieved and raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

"A River of Sorrow" grossed 8703 million yuan on its first day, ranking second on the first day of the National Day holiday."

(End of this chapter)