Chapter 92 The tragedy is shown, all lives are taken to pay back the money! (Ch 92)

“Sister, why are you looking for me so late? Is there something urgent?”

Seeing that it was Chen Yuwen’s call, Qi Jia relaxed his breath and said calmly,

“It’s nothing serious. It’s just that ‘A River of Sadness’ is going to be released tomorrow. Although Director Luo didn’t say anything, as the lead actor, you should remember to help promote it. This is basic etiquette, understand?”

Chen Yuwen’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

Qi Jia was so busy filming these days, and the weather in Yudu was so hot, that he almost lost his mind.

If Chen Yuwen hadn’t reminded him, Qi Jia would have really forgotten it.

“Okay, sister. I’ll send it now.” Qi Jia immediately said,

After hanging up the phone, Qi Jia opened TikTok and searched for the sad crew’s official account, and found the premiere trailer they posted.

After adding your own text, you can directly forward it to your own account’s dynamics.

“Hello everyone, good evening. The movie starring me, adapted from the work of the same name by the famous writer Xiao Si, “Sadness Is Like a River”, will be released tomorrow. I look forward to meeting you all tomorrow. Let us oppose school violence together!”

He posted the same content again on Weibo. After finishing all the things, he saw that it was getting late, so he went to bed.

At nine o’clock in the morning, Qi Jia didn’t get up until the assistant came and knocked on the door.

I went downstairs with my assistant, took a car to the set, and started today’s shooting.

Although it was a bit awkward last night, fortunately Qi Jia and Zhou Ye both behaved as usual and no one felt there was anything wrong.

At 7pm, the crew moved to the Erchang Cultural and Creative Park in Eling, Yuzhong District.

The last scene was shot here today. After Qi Jia, who played Xiao Bei, agreed to protect Chen Nian,

He found Wei Lai who had just come out of the bar, and threatened her not to bully Chen Nian again.

The scene was simple, the only difficulty was that Qi Jia had to flick a cigarette butt.

The director asked him to take a puff of the cigarette and then flick the cigarette butt into Wei Lai’s face.

It’s easy to flick it out, but it’s still difficult to flick it accurately onto Wei Lai’s face.

While the crew was setting up the scene, Qi Jia kept practicing the action of flicking away cigarette butts.

Half an hour later, everything was ready. Qi Jia, wearing a grey sleeveless hoodie, stood outside the camera.

After the script supervisor finished clapping, filming officially began.

Wei Lai, played by Zhou Ye, came out of the bar in exquisite attire, lowering her head while playing with her phone.

At this time, the camera turned to Qi Jia.

He walked out of the shadows smoking a cigarette, took a deep puff, and suddenly shouted at Wei Lai.

“Hello!”

While Wei Lai turned around, he flicked the cigarette butt in his hand forward, then rushed forward and pressed her against the wall.

Unexpectedly, after the cigarette butt was ejected, it wasn’t aimed at her face, but flew past her ear.

“Cut!” The director called for stop.

“Are you okay?” Qi Jia hurriedly walked forward and asked Zhou Ye with concern.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It only rubbed the brim of my hat, not my skin.” Zhou Ye waved his hand and said,

“Xiao Bei, Wei Lai, get ready, we’re going to do another one.” the director shouted.

Ten minutes later, the second take started.

This time Qi Jia estimated the distance well, flicked his finger, and successfully flicked the cigarette butt onto Zhou Ye’s face.

“ah!”

Zhou Ye, who played Wei Lai, was frightened and screamed. Before he could see who it was, Xiao Bei pushed him against the wall.

Driven by Qi Jia’s emotions, Zhou Ye performed very well in this scene. The momentary look of fear on his face made Director Zeng nod repeatedly.

Xiao Bei pressed Wei Lai’s shoulders tightly with his arms, pressing her face against the wall.

He then pulled out a dagger, thrust it forcefully in front of her face, and whispered a threat close to her ear.

“Don’t touch Chen Nian!”

After saying that, he drew his knife and left.

The camera gave a close-up of Wei Lai’s face. She was so frightened that her facial muscles kept shaking. After five seconds,

“Click! Very good, perfect!”

After Director Zeng called a halt, Qi Jia immediately turned around and walked to Zhou Ye, helping her up.

“Well, you’re not hurt, are you?”

Zhou Ye wiped the dust off his face without paying any attention.

“It’s nothing, it’s okay.”

After taking two more shots, this scene was officially approved and today’s shooting was completed.

On the way back, Qi Jia turned on his phone and found that Zhang Ruonan and Chen Yuwen had sent him messages.

Chen Yuwen’s message is to ask him to pay attention to the box office of “A River of Sadness” when he has time.

Zhang Ruonan sent him several photos of the audience watching the movie in the cinema, and the crew interacting with the audience on stage.

Judging from the photos, the attendance seems to be pretty good, but I don’t know about the reputation of the venue and the screening rate?

I sent messages to Zhang Ruonan and Chen Yuwen, but they didn’t reply. I guess they were both busy.

Qi Jia didn’t care. After putting away his phone, he decided to go to the cinema by himself later.

At 9:30 p.m.

Qi Jia took the assistant out of the hotel and took a taxi to the nearby Yida Plaza. The assistant bought the ticket.

There was still some time before the movie started, so the two of them had some midnight snack and then saw that it was almost time, so they checked their tickets and entered the theater.

When the movie started, Qi Jia looked at the almost full audience and felt more at ease.

After all, it is adapted from a novel, so it naturally has a fan base.

However, not long after the movie started, he frowned because the edited film was quite different from what he had expected.

The pace was too fast, and many plot points were not explained clearly. Some people even got up and left after watching half of it.

Qi Jia also heard some people discussing in a low voice how the original work was changed beyond recognition, which was really disappointing.

After watching the movie, Qi Jia no longer had any extravagant hopes for word of mouth.

It has nothing to do with acting, in fact everyone’s acting is pretty good, the problem lies with the script,

This is also the difficulty of many novels or comic adaptations, because no matter how they are filmed, there is always a gap between imagination and reality, and it is difficult to fully meet the expectations of fans of the original work.

Not long after returning to the room, Zhang Ruonan’s message came.

A cracked expression, it seems that the situation over there is similar.

Qi Jia thought about it and comforted her with a few words. They didn’t talk for long before Zhang Ruonan had to go get busy again, so they hurriedly ended their conversation.

It was past midnight, and Qi Jia opened Douyin to check out today’s word of mouth.

As expected, the movie was criticized online, mainly by fans of the original novel who expressed their disappointment with the movie.

“Bah! Rubbish, Qi Jia, what kind of crap did you shoot? I am so disappointed. Geneva, give me back my money.”

“Qi Jia is too proud. He just became famous and wants to make money. This movie is just a bunch of nonsense.”

“It’s the same old routine of domestic youth films. I lost interest halfway through. The only thing that’s not good is the looks of the second male and female lead.”

“I was a fan of the original novel and I went to see it for Qi Jia. I thought he was going to give me a big one, but he ended up giving me a big one. I’ve stopped being a fan ever since.”

Amidst all the criticism, Qi Jia also found a few positive reviews.

“Wow, Gu Senxiang and Gu Senxi are so realistic, they are exactly how I imagined them to be.”

“Gu Senxiang is so kind. Why can’t the movie give her a good ending?”

“Gu Senxi is so miserable. He lost the two most important people in his life.”

“I didn’t expect that Gu Senxi was actually played by Da Congming. His acting is really good. I was really touched.”

“Oh my god, I really like Zhang Ruonan and Qi Jia. They look so much like a couple.”

Damn! Why are you scolding me? I am the second male lead, not the male lead.

After reading the comments, I found that most of them were scolding me and asking me to return my money. Qi Jia didn’t know what to say.

This is really true: the old lady crawled into the bed and made me laugh!

(The fifth update promised today is here (ಥ_ಥ))