The night in Xinjiekou is always lively, and the deafening music in the disco will directly ignite the cold winter night.

On the huge dance floor, countless men and women swayed their bodies to the music.

In the booth on the second floor, Chen Li'an and his party drank wine and gently shook their bodies with music, and they had to shout out loudly every time they said a word.

Jiang Wen sat opposite Chen Li'an, holding a cigarette in his hand, picked up the cup and touched it with Chen Li'an, and shouted loudly: "There is a chance to work together!" ”

"What?!" Chen Li'an touched the cup, but didn't hear what he said.

"I say! Let's work together next time! Jiang Wen got up and hunched over and shouted loudly.

Chen Li'an heard what he said clearly, nodded with a smile, and then drank the wine in the cup.

On the other side of the booth, Ning Jing was drinking, her eyes always crossed Jiang Wen's body, but she couldn't see what the emotion was.

Jin Qiaoqiao didn't have so many ideas, she writhed excitedly while drinking, and wanted to pull Chen Li'an to dance on the dance floor together.

"Do you want to dance?" Jin Qiaoqiao asked by pulling Chen Li'an's arm.

Chen Li'an turned his head to look at the demons dancing on the dance floor downstairs, and shook his head decisively, if you are interested, it is better to find Teacher Zhou to dance together.

"Uninteresting." Jin Qiaoqiao sat down helplessly, she really wanted to find someone to dance with, she turned her head and glanced at Wang Qianyuan.

Wang Qianyuan suddenly smiled at her, with anticipation in his eyes.

Looking at Wang Qianyuan's somewhat old-fashioned appearance, Jin Qiaoqiao turned her head away again. The smile on Wang Qianyuan's face immediately disappeared and shifted to Chen Li'an's face who saw this scene.

At this time, Wang Qianyuan is still a little transparent, and his appearance is not handsome, so it is difficult to interest Jin Qiaoqiao.

Seeing Wang Qianyuan's embarrassment, Chen Li'an picked up the cup and gestured to him, this is also an actor with acting skills, and Chen Li'an likes the steel piano he plays.

Facing Chen Li'an's toast, Wang Qianyuan's embarrassment in his heart eased a lot, and he raised his glass and took a sip.

As soon as Chen Li'an finished drinking, Huo Jianqi squeezed over, his face was red, and he looked like he had drunk too much, and he had a big tongue when he spoke.

"Li'an, how much box office did you say there would be tonight, the factory and the Disabled Persons' Federation have invested a lot of money." Huo Jian asked with a bald tongue.

Chen Li'an thought for a moment and said, "Hundreds of thousands or millions? ”

"Scared?!" Chen Li'an's words made Huo Jianqi's wine wake up, and he immediately said: "How can it be millions, and in the end, millions of people at the box office will burn high incense." ”

I really didn't pursue it, but there really aren't a few films that have broken 10 million at the box office this year, and Chen Li'an doesn't seem to have more than ten films in his impression.

"It's hard to make movies these days, sometimes it's not as good as those who do underground movies, people take an award and sell the film, and they make a lot of money." Huo Jianqi didn't seem to care about money, and said with some emotion: "If the box office of my movie is not good, the investment in the next movie will be troublesome." ”

Chen Li'an pursed his lips and asked a very critical question, "Lao Huo, do you have a box office share?" Has the script for the next movie been written? ”

Huo Jianqi: "." Is there a salary, and the script is begging my wife to write it?

In recent years, many directors have no money to make, and it is miserable to think about it, they have to find their own investment if they have a book, and they make their own movies, and they have not yet divided it in the end.

But this can't be helped, the film industry is sluggish, movies don't make money, the director should think about it, there is everything in it.

Especially a rookie director like Huo Jianqi, let alone divided, the extra remuneration is not much, if a movie is famous after filming, it is possible to ask for a little more remuneration for the next movie.

Chen Li'an patted Huo Jianqi on the shoulder and said, "When you make money from this movie, someone will invest in making a movie for you!" ”

When his debut film was first released, and he was chatting with an artist like Chen Li'an, Huo Jianqi seemed to be a little ashamed to talk about money, muttering something in his mouth, and he couldn't hear it clearly in the huge music, but he just raised his glass and toasted Chen Li'an.

After an hour or two of playing in the disco, everyone dispersed, it was already early in the morning, and it was time to go home and sleep.

When I came out of the JJ disco, a cold wind blew in an instant, and the two girls who were wearing less couldn't help but shiver.

Jiang Wen was a little dazed, and when he looked at Ning Jing, he took the initiative to take off his clothes and handed them to her, but unfortunately Ning Jing just snorted and didn't pick up his clothes.

Jin Qiaoqiao was also shivering from the cold, shrunk her neck and leaned towards Chen Li'an's side, looking at his open coat and staring straight ahead.

The cold wind was really a little cold, Chen Li'an tightened his coat, as if he didn't see Jin Qiaoqiao's gaze,

Chen Li'an looked back at them and said, "Then it's like this today, it's quite cold, let's go home and sleep quickly." ”

The temperature at night was almost zero, and a few people didn't think it would be a little cold when they first came out, and the wine woke up a lot.

There are a lot of taxis parked at the door of the discotheque, and there are a lot of taxis in the capital this year, and the yellow van is no longer the mainstream, and the drivers who are waiting for customers to see so many people come out, and they have taken the initiative to drive down the steps at the door and roll down the window to ask.

Chen Li'an waved at them, got into a car, and as soon as the door closed, a person squeezed in the back seat.

"Why did you come along? Let's not go along the way, right? Chen Li'an looked at Jin Qiaoqiao, who followed the car, and asked in surprise.

Jin Qiaoqiao rubbed her temples, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "I drank too much, I don't dare to ride alone, you can give me a section." ”

Looking at Jin Qiaoqiao's flushed face, Chen Li'an nodded and said, "Where do you live?" Can't get into the school dormitory, right? ”

Jin Qiaoqiao exhaled, rubbed her hands and said, "You just send me to the vicinity of the school, I rented a house." ”

"Okay." Chen Li'an turned his head to the driver and said, "Master, please go to the film academy first." ”

"Well, but don't spit out in the car." The driver's eldest brother glanced at Jin Qiaoqiao, who was leaning in the back seat, through the rearview mirror, and admonished.

Chen Li'an turned his head to look at Jin Qiaoqiao, feeling that she was not drunk enough to that point, so he said to the driver: "Just drive slowly." ”

Jin Qiaoqiao exhaled a long breath, the smell of wine was very strong, Chen Li'an couldn't help frowning and said to her: "Sleep for a while, I'll call you when it's time." ”

"Well, thank you." Jin Qiaoqiao obediently closed her eyes, and then leaned her head slightly on Chen Li'an's shoulder.

More than ten minutes later, when the car arrived at the gate of Nortel, Chen Li'an shook his shoulders lightly to wake up Jin Qiaoqiao and asked, "It's here, where do you live, I'll send it to the door." ”

Jin Qiaoqiao opened her eyes, glanced at the Nortel gate outside the car window, turned her head and said to Chen Li'an: "It's right next to it, I'll just walk over by myself." ”

As soon as she pushed the door open, Jin Qiaoqiao looked back at Chen Li'an and asked, "Do you want to sit and drink saliva?" You've drunk a lot of it, too. ”

"No need, you slow down." Chen Li'an directly refused.

The eldest brother of the driver, who was sitting in the front, looked at the rearview mirror with interest, and secretly scolded Chen Li'an in his heart for not understanding the amorous style, the girl invited you to sit down, and you just did it!

Jin Qiaoqiao, who was a little disappointed, smiled, and then pushed the car door and got out of the car.

After the door closed, the driver's eldest brother looked at the rearview mirror and said faintly, "You really don't want to sit down?" I just can't find it when I drive away and come back. ”

Listening to the words of the driver's eldest brother, Chen Li'an was full of black lines, and couldn't help patting his seat and said, "You can drive in a hurry, what money do you still make when I get out of the car." ”

The driver's eldest brother pursed the corners of his mouth, and then started the car and left, the young man is still young, if he doesn't seize the opportunity at this time, he will definitely regret it when he gets old!

Early the next morning, Chen Li'an was woken up by a phone call, and when he picked up the phone and saw that it was Huo Jianqi, he answered it in a daze.

"Li'an! Yesterday's box office came out! Guess how many! Huo Jianqi shouted excitedly.

Chen Li'an subconsciously took the phone a little farther away and muttered, "Say it quickly, I still have to continue to sleep." ”

The box office has nothing to do with me, no matter how much it has.

Huo Jianqi on the other end of the phone smacked his mouth speechlessly, he really didn't care about anything, he didn't call him if he knew it earlier, and he was not happy at all!

"The box office on the first day was 560,000." Huo Jian said with a grudge, and before Chen Li'an could reply, he said directly: "I'm hanging, you can continue to sleep!" ”

Angry, Huo Jianqi snorted, sat on the sofa and dialed Ning Jing's phone again, the phone rang seven or eight times before it was connected, Huo Jianqi just wanted to share excitedly, and heard a hoarse male voice on the other end of the phone.

Well? Uh-huh??

Why does this sound familiar? As soon as Huo Jianqi wanted to speak, he heard the man on the other end of the phone scold,, this is not my phone!

Toot toot.

Listening to the busy sound coming from the other end of the phone, Huo Jianqi grabbed his hair and couldn't help muttering, Chen Li'an can't do it either. I didn't get it.

Chen Li'an felt that he was very good, and after he slept until ten o'clock and got up, he felt that he was alive and well, and he could cut down Causeway Bay alone!

However, thinking of Huo Jianqi's phone call just now, Chen Li'an couldn't understand why he was so excited, the box office of the premiere was only more than 500,000 yuan, according to this calculation, it was difficult to think about the final box office of more than 10 million.

With an investment of more than one million movies, it is already earned at the box office of several million, and it is normal for Huo Jianqi to be so happy, at least the investment in the next movie should not bother to find it yourself.

However, how much the final box office can be cast depends on the situation in the next few days, Chen Li'an rubbed his stomach and came to the kitchen to make a simple breakfast.

After breakfast, Chen Li'an took out his mobile phone and made a call to his second uncle, if I remember correctly, their VCD was also listed yesterday, I don't know how the sales on the first day were.

The phone was quickly connected, Qiao Linmu's voice on the other end of the phone was very haggard, and there were noisy voices all around, and Chen Li'an also heard someone shouting to add ten more VCDs.

"Second uncle, how was it yesterday?" Chen Li'an asked directly.

Qiao Linmu was very excited, but his voice was very hoarse, and he took the phone and said to Chen Li'an: "Yesterday, I sold one hundred and twenty units a day!" Now a lot of people have come to order, the stock is gone, and 1,300 units have been sold! ”

How much is 1,300 units Chen Li'an quickly calculated in his heart, more than two million???

After calculating this number, Chen Li'an stood up from the sofa and asked with some surprise: "Second uncle, are you not mistaken, you sold so much in a day and a half?!" More exaggerated than love! ”

Qiao Linmu excitedly explained: "Aiduo doesn't have celebrities to advertise, and the appearance you designed is particularly popular!" There are also discounts for openings, and I'm too little for more than a thousand! ”

It's too little for you to prepare more inventory, Chen Li'an couldn't help laughing, and then listened to the constant sound of asking for goods on the other side of the phone, so he took the initiative to say: "I know, then I won't delay your time first, I heard someone scolding my mother." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll talk to you when I'm done!" Qiao Linmu laughed and hung up the phone.

Sitting on the sofa with more than two million yuan a day and a half, Chen Li'an couldn't help but think that if he could make so much money every day, he would be able to sleep on money in the future.

However, the profit in 2.8 million is not so much, and after removing various costs, 10% of it is already the top sky, but 200,000 is also very powerful.

Isn't this hundreds of times better than investing in movies?

Chen Li'an pondered whether to share his happiness with Huo Jianqi, but he was worried that he would be angry with him, so Chen Li'an still gave up this tempting idea.

To be a man, you still have to rely on hundreds of millions of people, and you can't be so high-profile.

Now there are more than two months until the end of the year, and there should be a wave of VCD sales growth at the end of the year, and maybe half of the investment will be recovered by the end of the year.

Chen Li'an's pocket can bulge again after recovering half of the investment, and the money borrowed from Bai Qing can be returned to her.

When Chen Li'an came to the courtyard of the studio humming a song, he looked at the half-finished work, put on gloves and started to work in a particularly beautiful mood.

With VCD investment, Chen Li'an doesn't have to think about money now, just concentrate on doing his own thing.

Art is the essence.

Chen Li'an wore labor protection gloves and held a special roll of red fishing line in his hand, walking through the dense steel structure, the red fishing line was wound on each steel pipe, and soon formed a three-dimensional picture.

Chen Li'an fixed the silk thread in his hand, came to the door of the courtyard, and squinted his eyes to look at the pattern outlined through the silk thread.

Dense red threads combine to create a brilliant red wave, as if gushing out from the depths of the steel jungle, trying to swallow everything around it.

The tide of the times, Chen Li'an couldn't help but take out a cigarette and light it, and quietly looked at this picture.

A breeze blew, the silk thread that was not tightly wound swayed gently in the breeze, the red waves were turbulent, and the sound of the silk thread rubbing on the steel pipe seemed to be the sound of monstrous waves in Chen Li'an's ears, and inside was the shouts of countless people and the roar of the machine.

Vaguely, Chen Li'an seemed to have heard his own voice inside, heard Qiao Linmu's voice, and heard the voices of everyone around him.

We are all in the torrent of this era, whether we are coerced or actively pushing the waves forward, we are all part of this era.

(Chapter 1, strive for another chapter before 12 o'clock.) ）

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