Chapter 220: Rebellious Chen Chen
A year and a half ago, in the east of Wenyang County, a new Wanda Plaza was built.
Wanda Plaza is a low-end industry in big cities, but in Wenyang County, a small county with a population of less than 400,000, it is a high-end thing.
Therefore, less than half a year after its opening, Wanda Plaza has become a new landmark in the entire Wenyang County...... In the east of Wenyang County, with Wanda Plaza as the center, a business district has rapidly risen, and now it has developed very well.
On the sixth floor of Wanda Plaza, there is a Wanda Cinema, which has been open for less than a year and has become the cinema with the largest flow of people in the county.
At around 10:20 a.m., Black Alpha arrived.
Li Chuan thought that there would be fewer people going out shopping on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but when he saw the parking lot full of cars, he realized that he was wrong...... On the first day of the Lunar New Year, instead of decreasing, there were more people than before.
A crowded place is always accompanied by various problems, such as parking.
Li Chuan drove the car, turned around, and it took nearly twenty minutes to find a parking space in a place two hundred meters away from Wanda Plaza.
The vehicle turned off, and Li Chuan and Chen Chen got out of the car.
The two walked together and attracted the attention of many passers-by.
These eyes were mainly aimed at Chen Chen, because Li Chuan was wearing a mask and deliberately covering it, so others couldn't see it clearly; Chen Chen was uncovered, and his delicate face was exposed, which was very eye-catching.
However, the two of them didn't have the heart to enjoy it.
Li Chuan's identity is relatively sensitive, and he is easy to get into trouble if he stays away for a long time...... Although Li Chuan and Chen Chen had not communicated with each other, they both knew this, so Gu both lowered their heads and quickened their pace.
Two minutes later, they entered the Wanda Plaza building and took the elevator up to the sixth floor.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, a cacophony of noise hit you.
'People...... That's a lot! ’
Li Chuan looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He didn't find it strange, though.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year and the first day of the opening of the "Spring Festival" movie, and it is normal for the movie theater to be crowded...... There are so many cars downstairs, most of them are here to watch movies.
In recent years, the development of the domestic film industry has been getting better and better, largely because of the rise of the "Spring Festival file".
Three years ago, that is, in 2016, the movie "Mermaid", directed by Stephen Chow and starring Deng Chao and others, was released during the Spring Festival and frantically harvested more than 3 billion box office, creating a domestic film box office record.
Since then, the "Spring Festival file" has become the best schedule in the domestic film industry, and there is no one.
At the same time, the domestic film industry has also ushered in its heyday, with movies being filmed one after another, and theaters being built one after another...... Under multiple stimuli, the domestic film market is growing stronger and stronger, and the box office is getting higher and higher year by year.
However, this phenomenon lasted for a few years, and a sudden epidemic shattered all this.
The film industry is one of the industries most affected by the epidemic.
This is easy to understand, the closed environment of the movie theater is naturally conducive to the spread of the virus, and the movie time is longer, generally about two hours...... People are at great risk of infection when they spend two hours in a confined environment...... In this case, the cinema is bound to be "focused on", and it is impossible not to be affected.
Cinemas are mostly located in prime locations, with a large footprint and very expensive rents...... Once this kind of heavy business closes its doors for a few months, there is a high probability that the capital chain will be broken.
The consequence of the rupture of the capital chain is bankruptcy and bankruptcy.
Therefore, in the years when the pandemic lasted, cinema was one of the industries that went bankrupt and closed the most frequently.
The decrease in the number of screens has also seriously impacted the film production field, and many investors are afraid that they will not be able to recover the cost, so they dare not continue to shoot films, which leads to the number of film productions becoming smaller and smaller; When the number of movies decreases, the number of movie theaters closes even more...... The film industry has thus entered a vicious circle.
The cold winter of the domestic film and television industry is largely due to this.
Of course, that's an afterthought.
The epidemic will not come until the end of 2019, and the current 2019 Spring Festival is the last glorious period for the domestic film industry.
There are many movies released at the same time today, such as "Crazy Alien", "Flying Life", "The Wandering Earth", "The King of New Comedy", "Detective Pu Songling", etc., all of which are big directors or actors, and in the eyes of many audiences, they can be called "fairy fights".
"You go buy a ticket."
Coming to the waiting hall, Li Chuan turned his head and said to Chen Chen.
"What movie to watch?" Chen Chen nodded and asked.
"Everything."
Li Chuan came to the cinema mainly to accompany Chen Chen, not to really want to watch a movie.
According to his idea, he accompanied Chen Chen to watch a movie, and then had a meal, even if it was done...... In this case, it doesn't matter what movie you watch, it's better to leave the decision to Chen Chen and let the other party watch whatever he wants.
"Oh."
Chen Chen answered, turned around and walked to the counter and queued up to buy tickets.
Li Chuan found a vacant seat and sat down, took out his mobile phone, lowered his head and operated.
He's not playing, he's replying to a well-wishing text message (or WeChat).
Most people will choose to send New Year's greeting text messages (or WeChat) before the year, but some people will send them after the year.
Li Chuan is a celebrity, and his business is complicated, and there are more than 20 people who send him blessing text messages (or WeChat) after the year...... He had to reply to them one by one.
After about five minutes, there was a sound of footsteps in my ears.
Li Chuan raised his hand to look and saw Chen Chen standing in front of him, holding two movie tickets, two cups of milk tea, and a large bucket of popcorn on his arm, looking quite embarrassed.
"How do you buy so many things?"
Li Chuan said, put away his mobile phone, reached out and took two cups of milk tea, and helped Chen Chen lighten his burden.
Chen Chen's burden was lightened, and he sat down next to Li Chuan, she put the popcorn on her lap, and then took a cup of milk tea from Li Chuan's hand, and handed over a movie ticket at the same time.
Li Chuan took the movie ticket and took it in his hand and looked at it.
"The Wandering Earth?"
Li Chuan smiled, he felt that Chen Chen was quite good at picking movies.
The current Spring Festival stalls seem to be "fairy fights", but in fact, there are not many things to watch.
According to the memories of his previous life, "The Wandering Earth" is the highest box office among them, and the final score seems to have reached more than 400 million.
At that time, there were many praises for the movie "The Wandering Earth" on the Internet, such as ""The Wandering Earth" opened the prelude to domestic science fiction films", "The Wandering Earth" is the only masterpiece that can be used by domestic science fiction films" and so on.
Li Chuan also read these comments before going to the cinema to watch them.
After reading it, he felt ...... And just like that, the level is not as high as it is blown on the Internet, but it is not bad.
"Is this movie okay?" Chen Chen asked.
"This ......"
Li Chuan was a little hesitant.
"The Wandering Earth", he had already seen it in his previous life, and he was not interested in watching it a second time, so he was a little entangled.
"Can't you?"
Chen Chen's face changed slightly, and he said, "Didn't you say before, don't you like to watch science fiction movies the most?" ”
"Huh?"
Li Chuan looked puzzled and said, "Did I say it?" ”
He did like to watch science fiction movies, but he didn't remember telling Chen Chen about it.
"When we went to eat KFC together during the Qingming Festival the year before last, you said ...... Have you forgotten? ”
"This ......"
Li Chuan couldn't help frowning.
He thought about it hard, but he still didn't remember, and said in a slightly suspicious tone: "Is there such a thing?" ”
Chen Chen didn't answer, but the expression on her face said it all.
"Uh, sorry, it's been a bit long, I forgot."
Li Chuan said with some embarrassment.
With that, he glanced down at the movie ticket again.
"Huh?"
He reluctantly realized a problem, looked up at Chen Chen, and asked, "What are you ...... Did you buy it to my liking? ”
Chen Chen nodded silently.
"You ......"
Li Chuan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.
Chen Chen not only remembered his preferences, but also took the initiative to buy movie tickets according to his preferences...... It's a small move, but it's telling the story.
What does it mean?
It shows that Chen Chen liked him a long time ago!
If it weren't for that, how could Chen Chen deliberately remember his preferences.
Thinking of this, Li Chuan couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, and his eyes when he looked at Chen Chen also changed.
"If you don't like it, I'll change it."
Chen Chen said, reaching out to take the ticket in Li Chuan's hand, but as soon as she touched it, Li Chuan grabbed her hand.
"No, just look at this." Li Chuan's eyes burned.
Chen Chen felt the heat in Li Chuan's eyes, his face turned red, he quickly lowered his head, and adjusted his sitting posture...... Her hand was always held by Li Chuan, and she had no intention of breaking free.
Seeing Chen Chen's appearance, an impulse rose in Li Chuan's heart, at this moment, he really wanted to pull Chen Chen into his arms and love him well.
Eventually, though, he restrained himself.
He tried his best to calm down, his gaze gradually returned to normal, and his hand slowly unloaded and let go of Chen Chen's hand.
Chen Chen noticed Li Chuan's change, his lips bit lightly, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Li Chuan returned to his normal look, took out his mobile phone by himself, and replied to the blessing text message (WeChat) again.
The scene was silent for a while.
At about 11:05 a.m., "The Wandering Earth" was checked-in.
Chen Chen bought the IMAX cinema hall, and the two seats on the right in the middle of the penultimate row.
This location is a bit poor, but there is no way, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are a lot of people watching movies, IMAX theaters are more sought-after, good locations are basically robbed, and most of them are grabbed through online channels, they are on-site ticket purchases, there is not much room for choice.
Entering the theater, Li Chuan and Chen Chen sat down in their seats and watched the movie.
At the beginning of the movie, Li Chuan watched it more seriously, but after less than half an hour, he felt a little bored.
At the right time, someone sent him a blessing WeChat, and he took out his mobile phone and replied one after another.
This reply is more than an hour.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the movie has come to an end.
At this time, Li Chuan put away his mobile phone, raised his head again, and looked at the big screen.
He had just looked at it for a moment when he noticed something strange - his right arm was being grabbed.
He didn't need to turn his head to look, because the person sitting on his right was none other than Chen Chen.
Being held by Chen Chen's arm, Li Chuan frowned slightly, he lifted his right arm on the net, and after breaking free, he put it down again...... He didn't deliberately dodge, because he felt that his action had already shown his attitude, Chen Chen was not stupid, he would definitely understand...... After Chen Chen understood, it was estimated that he would not continue to entangle.
However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he put his arm down, Chen Chen reached out and grabbed it again.
"Tsk."
Li Chuan snorted dissatisfiedly, broke free with all his might, and at the same time turned his head and glared at Chen Chen...... The whole process lasted a few seconds before he put his arm back in.
This time, Chen Chen did not continue to move.
Li Chuan also leaned comfortably on the seat and watched a five-minute movie.
Just when he thought that Chen Chen had completely stopped, he suddenly realized that his right arm was grabbed again!
"What are you doing!"
Li Chuan's patience ran out, and he couldn't help but accuse.
At the same time, he put his arm hard, trying to shake it off again, but ...... This time, he didn't succeed.
Chen Chen didn't know when, he actually hugged his arm, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't break free.
Annoyed in his heart, he stretched out his other hand, grabbed Chen Chen's wrist, and forcibly broke it open.
"You ......"
After successfully breaking it open, Li Chuan was about to scold, but he paused reluctantly.
Just now, Chen Chen kept his head down and couldn't see his face; At this point, her hands were freed, and she raised her head again...... When you enter the eyes, you will see flashing eyes and tears on your face.
"You...... What are you crying about? ”
After Li Chuan was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly let go of Chen Chen's wrist, and at the same time reached into his coat pocket, took out a piece of toilet paper, and helped Chen Chen wipe it.
Chen Chen pushed it away, covered his face, and cried in a low voice.
Li Chuan looked distressed, hesitated for a moment, reached out and grabbed Chen Chen's shoulder, and hugged him in his arms.
Chen Chen was hugged by Li Chuan, and his crying gradually disappeared.
After about two minutes, Chen Chen stopped crying, she wiped away her tears, hugged Li Chuan's arm tightly with both hands, and rested her head on Li Chuan's shoulder, quietly, without saying a word.
Li Chuan didn't dare to struggle anymore, he smelled the wisps of incense, and his mood was extremely complicated.
In this way, after seven or eight minutes, the movie ended, and everyone ended.
At the right time, Chen Chen finally let go of Li Chuan.
The two got up, followed the crowd, and left the cinema.
"Are you hungry, go eat?"
Walking out of the Wanda Plaza building, Li Chuan turned his head to Chen Chen and asked.
Chen Chen nodded.
So, the two drove to a nearby hotel.
During the Chinese New Year, small shops are basically closed, and if you want to eat, you can only go to those big hotels.
When he came to the hotel, asked for a private room, and ordered good food, Li Chuan took out his mobile phone and swiped Douyin.
He did this to avoid communicating with Chen Chen.
What happened just now was completely unexpected by him, he hadn't figured out what to do yet, and when he was in a complicated mood, he had the intention of avoiding it.
Chen Chen looked at Li Chuan, who was looking down and playing with his mobile phone, bit his lip, moved the chair at the moment, and leaned on Li Chuan again.
'Alas~~'
Li Chuan sighed in his heart, but after all, he didn't make any moves.
So, the two didn't say a word, snuggled together, and swiped Douyin, the picture was quite weird.
Twenty minutes later, the waiter came to serve the food, but Chen Chen still had no intention of getting up.
"Let's eat first."
Li Chuan gently patted Chen Chen's back and comforted.
Hearing this, Chen Chen sat up straight, moved his chair, and returned to his position.
A meal, after eating for ten minutes, it is over.
The two settled the bill, left the hotel, and returned to the car.
"Where do we go next?" Chen Chen turned his head and asked.
"Go home."
After Li Chuan finished speaking, he started the car.
However, when he was about to hang up, Chen Chen grabbed his hand.
"I don't want to go home." Chen Chen stared straight at Li Chuan and said.
"You don't want to go home, where do you want to go?" Li Chuan said helplessly.
"Anything."
"Tsk, forget it, it's past two o'clock in the afternoon, let's go home early and rest...... Another day, let's come out and play another day. ”
After Li Chuan finished speaking, he broke free of Chen Chen's hand and wanted to hang up again.
However, at this moment, Chen Chenmeng jumped up from the co-pilot, his body crossed over, his two arms hooked his neck, and without saying a word, he kissed him.