Chapter 295: There's a Pit, Do You Want to Jump

The third day of the Lunar New Year is the day to go back to my parents' house to visit relatives.

Xu Yi and Li Xun are both single, and they don't like to socialize among relatives, so they automatically omitted this link.

"Boss, what's the arrangement today?"

"If I didn't have a bureau, I would be free!"

Li Xun seemed to have made an appointment, and it was not very convenient to take Xu Yi with him, so he asked Xu Yi about his arrangements early in the morning.

Xu Yi smiled: "If you have a date, leave early." ”

Li Xun picked up his satchel, "Then I'm really leaving......"

Inside the courtyard.

Xu Yi was alone, and he was planning to go to sleep in the cage, or go to the street for a stroll and play a few wrestling guns. Chinese New Year, naturally there is a scope for the New Year, and it is not like that if you always hide at home.

Just when Xu Yi was wandering, Zhong Guoliang called Xu Yi.

"Hey, Xiaoxu."

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"Uncle Zhong, Happy New Year! I'm thinking about going to pay you a New Year's greeting~"

"Okay, that's good. Come on, can you make it to lunch? ”

Zhong Guoliang seemed to have planned to call Xu Yi over, but when he heard Xu Yi's words, he got off the donkey and directly asked Xu Yi to go over for lunch. Xu Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:

"No problem, I'll be there in a minute."

Hung up the phone, and two questions swirled in Xu Yi's mind:

1, Zhong Guoliang won't call himself and take the initiative to give himself a New Year's greeting? No way, I'm the oldest.

2. I went to Zhong Guoliang's house to pay New Year's greetings, so I can't go empty-handed, right?

The first problem, go to Zhong Guoliang's house, and it will naturally be solved.

The biggest headache at the moment is the second question, Xu Yi meditated hard and decided to bring a box of tea. Last time, he got a box of tea from Chu Zhengchen, and the packaging was extremely ordinary, but Chu Zhengchen said that this was a good product that was privately hidden, and it was not bad.

Go out, take a taxi, and target the Yizhuang villa area.

Xu Yi has been to Zhong Guoliang's house twice, a large family, and a nanny at home.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw the nanny guarding outside, waiting for Xu Yi:

"Mr. Xu, Happy New Year!"

"Mr. Zhong is already waiting for you inside, I'll take you in."

Xu Yi: Hey, good guy, you know me?

Is your memory so good?

After entering the door, Xu Yi saw that there seemed to be other guests in the living room.

After the nanny welcomed Xu Yi to the living room, she said softly;

"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Xu is here~"

"Uncle Zhong, Happy New Year!" Xu Yi took the initiative to say hello, and after the other person turned his head, Xu Yi was stunned: "Mr. Zheng? Why are you here? ”

Zheng Yun laughed, got up and walked over, and patted Xu Yi on the shoulder cordially:

"Why, can't I come over and pay a New Year's greeting to the old clock?"

Zhong Guoliang explained:

"Lao Zheng came back to visit relatives and came to see me by the way."

"I thought that everyone was an acquaintance, so I called you to come over and have a light meal."

Xu Yi was skeptical: You two bad old men clink glasses, can you take me? I don't believe it.

In terms of personal relationships, Zhong Guoliang and Zheng Yun have been friends for decades, and Xu Yi can't interject when they reminisce about the past. So Xu Yi was sure that there must be something else going on when he called himself over.

It's just that the two old men didn't mention it, and Xu Yi naturally didn't mention it.

He presented the New Year's greeting and said with a smile:

"Uncle Zhong, I don't know what you're missing, so I brought some tea from home."

"Come on, what kind of gifts...... Hey, I'll look at your tea. Zhong Guoliang didn't take it to heart, his net worth, what tea can't be drunk? But when he saw the things in Xu Yi's hand, Zhong Guoliang was still stunned.

This box of tea leaves is not trademarked.

In other words, it is not a branded product and will not be circulated in the market.

And sealed with a wooden box, it seems a bit familiar.

Zhong Guoliang gently unscrewed the lid, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and then said in surprise:

"Yes, Xiaoxu, you can get this tea?"

"There is a heart, there is a heart!"

Zheng Yun usually spends a lot of time abroad and drinks less tea, so he doesn't have much research on tea. It's just that seeing Zhong Guoliang behaving like this, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Old Zhong, what's the way this is coming from?"

"Top of the best." Zhong Guoliang carefully sealed it, "I have also asked someone for this thing for a long time, and I only got a small jar three years ago, about ten grams." Unexpectedly, Xiao Xu was ...... as soon as he made a move This has to be thirty grams, right? ”

Zheng Yun: "Is it expensive?" ”

Zhong Guoliang replied with a smile:

"It's not very expensive, I spent 300,000 at the time, and it's still a friendship price."

Xu Yi: ???

What's that?

300,000 bought 10 grams of tea, so my 30 grams, isn't it almost 1 million?

I......

I'm rich!

Xu Yi now really wants to take this pot of tea back and give Zhong Guoliang a New Year's gift, but his face is a little thin, and he can't do such a thing after all.

When Zheng Yun heard this, he couldn't help but give Xu Yi a thumbs up:

"Brother Xu is really bold!"

"I'll just say, your friend didn't make it in vain."

This is said as if the tea was given to Zheng Yun.

But Zhong Guoliang understood that Zheng Yun said this to show that Xu Yi was open-minded. Tea like this is priceless in the market, everyone wants it, and they are willing to pay a high price, but it is not available.

Xu Yi can send this rare goods to pay New Year's greetings, at least a few things.

First, Xu Yi has his own network channels.

Because it's not something you can buy with money.

Second, Xu Yi takes a fancy to the relationship with Zhong Guoliang, who will send this to ordinary people!

This also moved Zhong Guoliang's heart.

Xu Yi smirked, trying not to let everyone see the regret in his heart.

After the greetings, Xu Yi said:

"Uncle Zhong, have you gone to the movies in the past two days?"

Zhong Guoliang was stunned: "Movie? ”

"Didn't you pitch in a movie and don't pay attention to the box office?" Xu Yi reminded.

Zhong Guoliang finally remembered, patted his head, and then said with a smile:

"It's not time yet."

"How's it going, I remember it's called "Operation Red Sea", right, how's the box office?"

Xu Yi reported truthfully:

"Yesterday was the second day of release, and the box office on the first day was relatively average."

"However, there was an upward trend the next day, and the box office went up one place. I haven't seen today's situation yet. The market does have some rejection of movies with this theme, so the box office performance on the first day is not very good. ”

"But I believe that the quality of this movie is passable, and the follow-up is still optimistic."

Although Zhong Guoliang invested 100 million, he obviously didn't pay much attention to it, and said with a smile: "You can be optimistic, if you really lose, that money will be regarded as testing the market with you." ”

Xu Yi: Uncle Zhong is really rich!

That can of tea is worth it.

If this is changed to other investors and loses 100 million yuan, people are not allowed to bring a knife to see them?

Zheng Yun doesn't care about the domestic film and television industry either.

It's just that because this movie was invested by Xu Yi and Zhong Guoliang, I had to enter the topic: "You both made a movie together, and you don't take me one, it's not interesting enough." ”

"I'll take a look, it's called "Operation Red Sea", right, I'll look at the box office."

As he spoke, Zheng Yun turned on his mobile phone.

More than ten seconds later, he said with some surprise: "I see that the real-time box office is okay, and now it ranks first." ”

Xu Yi: "First? ”

Xu Yi was busy going out to Zhong Guoliang's house to pay New Year's greetings today, so he didn't pay attention to the box office dynamics.

I looked at it last night, and the box office of the Red Sea was indeed on an upward trend, but I couldn't have imagined that it would suddenly become the first?

He hurriedly took out his mobile phone and clicked on the relevant APP to check the real-time box office.

"Operation Red Sea" had a box office of 180 million on the same day, temporarily ranking first.

The cumulative box office is 360 million, ranking third in the Lunar New Year stalls!

Professional data predicts that the final box office of this movie may be around 2 billion.

Hiss~

Overnight, the world changed.

Zhong Guoliang came to Zheng Yun's side, glanced at it, and said with a smile:

"Not bad, not bad."

"I knew that what Xiao Xu fancied couldn't be wrong."

"Hahaha~"

He was so happy.

Although making money has become a numbers game for Zhong Guoliang. But in a brand-new field, he can make money, which shows that he Zhong Guoliang has a way to make money!

Xu Yi was also a little excited.

On the third day of release, he counterattacked and won the box office championship of the day, although it is only nearly noon now, and there is still half a day to go, but judging from the growth trend, this ranking will basically not change again.

Xu Yi said modestly: "Luck, good luck." ”

It seems that my previous worries can be put down, and the work can be carried out as planned.

According to the final box office forecast, if it reaches 2 billion, excluding the theater share, theater share and distribution share, then the investor will have at least 7 to 8 billion profits.

The total investment of this movie is only 300 million.

That's more than double in one year.

That's a lot of money!

What business can be 100% profitable in a year?

Of course, this is just a data prediction, and the actual situation may not be more than that, what if the box office goes to 3 billion?

Zheng Yun saw that the two of them were rich, and couldn't help but complain:

"You two are not bored."

"Brother Xu, when will the next movie start, I must be counted as one."

Speaking of this, Xu Yi said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I do have plans to continue to shoot two movies this year, and they are currently in preparation." ”

Xu Yi wants to shoot "Wolf Warrior" and "The Wandering Earth", and it is absolutely impossible to rely on his own sole proprietorship.

We have to bring in some wrongdoers.

Although he is confident enough that these two movies will definitely make money, ordinary investors may not see it this way.

Hearing Xu Yi's words, Zheng Yun immediately asked:

"Really?"

"I'll give you the money first, 100 million, okay? I also invested 100 million, and you will put it on which movie you need to watch. ”

Although Zheng Yun said it simply, Xu Yi patiently introduced the two bad old men:

"Uncle Zhong, Mr. Zheng."

"I mean seriously, I've been planning these two movies for a long time."

"One is also a military action movie, which will be more bloody than "Operation Red Sea", of course, the main theme is the same. The film has the Red Sea in front to lay the foundation, and it will definitely not lose money. ”

"The other one is a science fiction theme."

"The science fiction theme is also known as the death theme in domestic movies. Whoever shoots is on the street, but I really want to open up some new horizons for the film industry. ”

"And I believe in myself."

Xu Yi didn't say anything about losing money and making money here in science fiction movies, because he was indeed a little uncertain.

Zheng Yun didn't have a second word:

"You mean, 100 million isn't enough?"

"It's really not enough, of course, if Uncle Zhong is also interested in continuing to invest, it may be about the same." Xu Yi has calculated that the total investment of the two movies should go to about six or seven billion.

"Wolf Warrior" is okay, there is a mature team and experience, and there are not many special effects, which can save a lot.

The main thing is "The Wandering Earth", which costs money in post-production.

Zhong Guoliang didn't have any other opinion on this, he said with a smile:

"What do you see me doing?"

"How much is the difference, you can say it then."

Come on, that's what I want.

Xu Yi's own net worth, although he can also come up with such money. But he's not going to be all in, that's not his style of doing things. Experiencing such an outrageous thing as crossing made Xu Yi understand this sentence more deeply:

Tomorrow or the accident, I don't know which will come first.

Xu Yi hurriedly said: "Then I will thank the two big financiers, and when the crew is officially established, I will take the contract again." ”

Favors belong to favors, and business belongs to business.

Xu Yi is very transparent about this, and he doesn't feel that this is a waste.

Zhong Guoliang glanced at Zheng Yun, changed the topic, and pretended to be casual and said, "Lao Zheng, didn't you say that there is something to find Xiao Xu?" ”

Hey?

Here it comes!

The meat show is finally here!

Xu Yi knew that Zhong Guoliang would not call him for no reason and call him to come to the house for dinner. After all, it's only the third day of the Lunar New Year, and most people are busy walking with relatives, so they can't get out of the way at all.

Zheng Yun straightened his body and said with a smile:

"It's not a big deal."

"Brother Xu, do you remember when we met in Huadu years ago?"

Xu Yi nodded and did not speak.

He knew that the matter of Huadu stealing paintings and picking bounties would definitely not be able to hide from Zhong Guoliang. Otherwise, Zheng Yun would not have talked to him directly about this in front of Zhong Guoliang.

Just listen to Zheng Yun continue:

"That black list, you've already been put on the list."

"Fortunately, the ranking is not high, outside the hundred."

"Although you went to collect the bounty at that time and disguised yourself, their people still seem to have found some clues. According to their standards, just stealing a painting is definitely not eligible to be included in the black list. ”

"So I wonder if what you did in Great Britain before would have been noticed by them."

Xu Yi didn't care, and said very calmly:

"There is no evidence for this, even if they find out, there is nothing they can do about me, right?"

Zheng Yun nodded:

"Indeed."

"When you were in Great Britain, you used a false identity; went to receive the bounty in Huadu, and it was also a fake identity, so even if the black list was connected to the sky, I couldn't find you, but I suspect that this person is an Oriental. ”

"But ......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Yun deliberately stopped, and what he wanted to say next was the point: "But Brother Xu, the black list specially planned a game this year and invited the dangerous people on the list to participate. Many people, who can't be contacted on the black list, will find a middleman to convey it on their behalf. ”

"Lao Zheng, I have also gained some reputation abroad in the past few years, although they don't know who you are, but they feel that I should know. So put the invitation to me, and let me pass it on to you, and ask if you would like to participate in that game. ”

After Zheng Yun finished speaking, he took out a black envelope from the inner pocket of his suit.

The fire paint on it was not opened, and obviously Zheng Yun did not read the contents inside.

"Brother Xu, take a look?"

(End of chapter)