Chapter 172 First Breakthrough, Advance to First Level (Ch 172)

Due to everyone’s enthusiasm at the beginning, the atmosphere of subsequent interactions has been very good.

The questions asked by the selected audience were also very interesting.

For example, a male audience member said to Zhou Ye,

“Hello Zhou Ye, when we first watched the movie, I really disliked you.

But now that I see that you are even more beautiful in person than in the movies, I don’t hate you at all.”

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen male audience members raised their hands and said loudly,

“Yes, yes, yes, us too. Zhou Ye, you are so beautiful.”

Before Zhou Ye could speak, Qi Jia interrupted with a smile and said, “These fans, you guys are a little bit lustful.”

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.

Zhou Ye, who was participating in a roadshow for the first time, did not expect to gain a group of fans on the spot.

She immediately smiled sweetly and made a heart gesture to the audience and said,

“Thank you everyone, love you guys~”

Another audience member asked Qi Jia if anything interesting happened while filming this drama?

Qi Jia thought about it and finally told him about buying Har Fruit on the street.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Ye beside him couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

She laughed so hard that tears came out, and it was only because Zhang Yifan supported her that she didn’t fall to the ground.

Many viewers had been deceived by Harguo before, and when they heard that Qi Jia had the same experience, they all laughed with glee.

The roadshow lasted for more than 40 minutes and ended at around 10 pm.

After thanking the audience again and again, Qi Jia and the others returned to the backstage.

“Phew~ I’m so tired. I didn’t know road shows are so tiring.”

Zhou Ye collapsed directly onto the sofa, too tired to move.

Director Zeng patted Qi Jia on the shoulder and asked,

“The hotel is nearby, how about going back with us?

In just over an hour, the box office figures for the premiere will be released, so let’s celebrate.”

“Yes, Brother Qi, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. Please stay a little longer.” After hearing this, Zhou Ye and Zhang Yifan also spoke up in agreement.

Qi Jia thought about it, smiled and nodded: “Okay, then let’s wait together for the box office of tonight’s premiere to come out.”

After that, the four of them got up and prepared to go back to the hotel.

On the way, Qi Jia sent another WeChat message to Zhang Ruonan.

Tell her that I will be waiting for the box office of the premiere with the crew and will go back later.

Let her and the assistant go back first, and remember to let me know when they get home.

…

In the hotel,

Director Zeng’s suite was filled with champagne drinks, lobster sashimi and other delicacies.

The four of them ate and drank while waiting for the premiere box office to be released at twelve o’clock in the morning.

During the chat, Zeng Guoxiang asked inadvertently,

“Qi Jia, I heard from Qingyun that you have set up your own personal studio now?”

After becoming famous, it is common for artists to set up their own personal studio.

On the one hand, it is to maximize resources. For example, many crews and brands have invited Qi Jia to cooperate.

But among these invitations, Qi Jia could only accept seven or eight in a year, or at most ten.

Wouldn’t it be a waste if the remaining ones could not be accepted? But after setting up the studio, we can discuss with the crew.

Wouldn’t it be a win-win situation if he gave these resources to the new talents signed by his studio and then made a cameo appearance in the drama himself?

Another thing is that setting up a studio can get rid of the current situation of working alone and achieve early retirement.

Qi Jia has already made a plan. When it comes to artists for the studio, quality is more important than quantity. He plans to sign a few newcomers who he thinks have potential.

Then, use your own resources to make them popular, just like Yang Mi made Reba and Gao Weiguang popular.

Once the newcomers are able to take charge of their own affairs, I can retire early.

“Yes, it was established not long ago.” Qi Jia drank a sip of orange juice, smiled and nodded.

Zhou Ye, who was standing by, heard this and a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. She knew very well that

Given Qi Jia’s personality, it is obviously more promising to work with him than to stay in the current company and work together.

With the sound of yawns, the time came to twelve o’clock in the morning.

Even though they had been busy all day and felt a little sleepy, everyone perked up and looked at Zeng Guoxiang.

Just a few minutes later, Zeng Guoxiang, who had been staring at his phone, suddenly began to breathe rapidly.

He stretched out his trembling fingers and poked the screen again and again, reading as he poked: “Tens, hundreds, thousands, millions…”

As his voice sounded, Qi Jia and the others also became nervous.

When he heard the voice stop after counting to ten million, Qi Jia felt a little disappointed for no reason.

But then I felt something was wrong. Judging from tonight’s attendance and the audience’s reaction, the box office shouldn’t be only tens of millions, right?

Sure enough, after a few seconds of pause, he heard Director Zeng’s excited voice burst out from his throat: “145 million! The box office of the premiere has exceeded 100 million!”

Finally! Qi Jia let out a long sigh and leaned back on the sofa. The tense expression on his face relaxed and he smiled with relief.

This is just the first day. Tomorrow and the next two days are weekends. After the word of mouth of the movie spreads tomorrow morning,

I believe the box office will reach a new high. If this trend continues, the movie will most likely break the 1 billion mark in the end!

“Brother Qi, don’t sit there. Get up and open the champagne.”

The two girls were also very happy. One was pulling in front, and the other was pushing in the back, asking Qi Jia to quickly stand up and celebrate.

Zeng Guoxiang waved his phone and said excitedly: “Don’t worry, grab the red envelopes first. I just sent five red envelopes of 10,000 yuan in the crew group. Let’s try our luck!”

ah!

When they heard Zeng Guoxiang say that he had sent out a red envelope of 50,000 yuan, the two girls immediately left Qi Jia and hurriedly grabbed their phones.

“Yifan, how much did you take in total?” Zhou Ye asked Zhang Yifan after he finished grabbing.

“I got three thousand!” Zhang Yifan said with a happy smile, and then asked: “How about you? How much did you get?”

“Hey, I got five thousand!” Zhou Ye stretched out his palm and shook it proudly.

Then, they both looked at Qi Jia and said, “Brother Qi, how much did you get?”

“It’s less than ten thousand.” Qi Jia said calmly.

When the two girls heard this, they hurried over to see how much the difference was.

As a result, I saw 0.02, 0.09, 0.12… None of them cost more than one dollar.

“Hahaha, it really is almost ten thousand!” Zhou Ye laughed like crazy.

“Brother Qi, your luck is so bad, haha.” Even the usually quiet Zhang Yifan fell to the ground laughing.

Qi Jia looked at Zeng Guoxiang helplessly, and he was so scared that he quickly waved his hands.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t look at me. I’ve already sent out 50,000 yuan. I’m out of money on WeChat. I really don’t have a penny left.”

The group became lively at this moment. After Director Zeng sent the red envelope,

The bigwigs from the production and production companies also came forward and started distributing red envelopes in the group.

And they are very generous, all of them are above four figures,

The two girls were scrambling like crazy, and after counting, they found that both of them had grabbed red envelopes worth nearly 10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to a month’s salary for many people.

“Come, let’s celebrate the premiere box office exceeding 100 million!”

Director Zeng raised his glass and shouted, and the other three followed suit and raised their glasses.

After Qi Jia took a sip, he suddenly felt his phone vibrating. He saw it was Zhang Ruonan calling.

So, he put down his glass in a hurry and went outside to the balcony.

The call was connected, and Zhang Ruonan yawned.

“Has the box office come out yet?”

“It’s over 100 million!” Qi Jia said with a smile as he looked at the three people who were smearing cake on each other.

“Breaking through 100 million!” Zhang Ruonan suddenly felt better on the other end of the line: “Doesn’t that mean you’ve officially advanced to the first-tier?”

“Half a foot.” Qi Jia said with a smile: “I estimate that the movie can finally break 1 billion, and then it will be well-deserved to be promoted to the first-tier!”

“So what time do you plan to celebrate tonight?” Zhang Ruonan asked.

Qi Jia estimated the time and said, “It will probably be after one o’clock. I will try to go back early. If you are sleepy, go to bed first.”

“Okay, let’s do this for now. I’ll read the script before going to sleep.” Zhang Ruonan said, and then hung up the phone.

Qi Jia put away his phone and was about to go back, but when he turned around, he saw Zhou Ye just coming to the balcony.