Chapter 323 Storm, Sacrificing Chariot to Keep General (Ch 323)

After 25 days of release, the box office of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” has reached 1.6 billion.

Not only did it leave “The Best of Us” far behind, it also set the best box office record for youth campus movies in the past decade!

It is directly ranked 8th among the top ten box office movies in 2019, and ahead of it is “The Bravest” starring Huang Xiaoming.

As the film with the smallest investment and the most lucrative return, “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” instantly attracted the attention of all media and investors.

The topic of [Investing 40 million and grossing 1.6 billion at the box office] swept the hot search lists of major platforms for a while.

Many companies thought that the spring of campus youth themes had returned, and they flocked to submit their scripts to the above.

Finally, the higher-ups were forced to issue a statement appealing,

“There is only one Qi Jia, investment is risky, and you need to be cautious when starting up”!

As the popularity of the movie grows,

A storm was secretly forming and gradually began to sweep across the entire network with a devastating force.

During this period, under Chen Yuwen’s arrangement, Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan frequently appeared in the entertainment circle.

They are called the most tormented screen couple in 2019 by netizens, and the whole network is crazy about their CP.

Every few days, there will be news about the two of them.

For example, there is a small printing factory that is on the verge of bankruptcy. It relies solely on selling CP materials of Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan on Pinxixi.

Not only did it come back to life, but it also replaced the new printing machine and prepared to do a big job.

For example, after watching the proposal video at the premiere roadshow, some netizens

I plucked up the courage to ask the girl I had liked for a long time to the cinema, confessed my love to her in public, and finally succeeded in holding her hand.

There are endless marketing videos of this kind on the Internet every day.

After watching it for a long time, people gradually lost interest.

But on December 20, a new account named “Justice Flying Man” was registered.

A video posted online stood out among a number of marketing videos and quickly gained likes and attention from a large number of netizens.

In the video, Justice Flying Man revealed that he has a friend who is an employee of an entertainment company.

Their company recently released a movie, but the box office performance was not satisfactory.

So their boss cooperated with some cinemas and, through the method of grafting, transferred the box office revenue of “Waiting for You at the End of Time” to the movie invested by their own company.

In the video, the Justice Flying Knight also released all the screening data and attendance data of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” since its release.

The dates where the box office data was seriously inconsistent with the screening schedule and attendance data were circled.

When Justice Flying Man released this video, he also tagged more than a dozen big V bloggers in the circle with more than one million followers.

These bloggers originally made money by gossiping about gossips, so how could they let go of such a big gossip?

I forwarded it as soon as possible, and it doesn’t matter whether it is true or not.

After being reposted by more than a dozen big V bloggers, the video quickly spread across the entire Internet, sparking discussions among many netizens.

Especially the fans of Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan, who were extremely angry after watching the video.

The health god of Nofap Forum: “How could there be such a shameless person in this world who even dares to steal the box office of my goddess Nan!”

Husband left home for homosexuality: “Our Qi Jiake has it so hard. We finally made a movie that is truly our own, but in the end, it was stolen by others at the box office.”

Sprinkle itching powder on the back of an old man with a broken arm: “Please God, distinguish between loyalty and treachery! Which movie stole the box office of my goddess? I must give my goddess justice.”

“…”

As the popularity increased, various related videos soon emerged.

“Graduated from Tilanqiao University, professional accounting for 20 years, this video tells you how much box office revenue “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” was stolen”

“Do you know how the box office of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” was stolen? So this is how it is”

“Ten pieces of evidence that the box office revenue of “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” was stolen, absolutely true, otherwise your whole family will die”

“…”

In an instant, the wind and clouds surged, and a storm that had been brewing for a long time was approaching the city.

…

Early this morning, Qi Jia was eating rice rolls.

“Arthur’s agent turned himself in.”

Chen Yuwen pushed open the door of Qi Jia’s lounge, walked in, and told him the news with a serious face.

Qi Jia paused, put down his chopsticks and asked,

“Do you know the reason for turning yourself in?”

“She admitted that she and several theater managers secretly planned the theft of box office revenue, and it had nothing to do with Shengshi Interactive Entertainment and Huanyu Entertainment.”

Qi Jia was a little surprised and asked,

“I can understand why Chen Fangzhou did this, but why did Lin Tianqi cooperate? Isn’t he afraid that his theater will be stopped from supplying films after the investigation?”

“Huanyu has already cut ties with those cinemas, so even if it is verified, it will not affect Huanyu.” Chen Yuwen explained.

“It seems that they have not been idle these days. They came up with a solution so quickly,” Qi Jia said thoughtfully.

“Now that they have predicted our prediction, what should we do next? Should we continue to expose the information?” Chen Yuwen asked.

According to the previous agreement, Chen Yuwen would spread the details of the box office theft bit by bit on the Internet to stir up the audience’s indignation.

Then, they used the pressure of public opinion on the Internet to make Chen Fangzhou understand the seriousness of the matter and forced him to voluntarily give up the Dior endorsement.

Originally, this was a terrazzo fight, but the other party did not play by the rules and fell to his knees.

This directly disrupted Chen Yuwen’s subsequent arrangements.

“Wait!” Qi Jia said, “Wait for Shengshi Interactive Entertainment to come find us.”

“Shengshi Interactive Entertainment?” Chen Yuwen didn’t quite understand.

“Yes, Shengshi Interactive Entertainment”

Chen Yuwen’s face was filled with more confusion. She couldn’t understand why the other party would come to them after he had already knelt down.

“Did they issue a statement on their official account?”

Qi Jia did not answer directly, but asked back,

Chen Yuwen shook his head. “No, the internet is not pointing the finger of suspicion at Shengshi Interactive Entertainment. How could they be so stupid as to come out and admit it? Wouldn’t that mean…”

Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized something, and then she clapped her hands and said excitedly,

“Yes, they will definitely come to us, because they are now solving the official crisis, but the crisis in public opinion is still there, so we just have to wait, right?”

“No, no, no.” Qi Jia shook his finger and said with a smile: “You are only half right. I am waiting, but you can’t wait.”

Chen Yuwen’s excited expression froze, and he became confused again.

“Then what should I do?”

“Go find a car.”

“Looking for a car?”

“Well, find a car,” Qi Jia said, “Sacrificing the car to save the driver, who can guarantee that the car really has no complaints in his heart?”

After listening to this, Chen Yuwen thought about it seriously and seemed to understand what Qi Jia meant, so he nodded, turned around and left.

…

To Qi Jia’s surprise, the people from Shengshi Interactive Entertainment arrived very quickly.

Chen Yuwen had just left in the morning, and his assistant told him in the afternoon that people from Shengshi Interactive Entertainment had arrived and were waiting at the door.

“So fast!” Qi Jia was a little surprised. He couldn’t help but sit up straight and asked, “How many people came in total, and who led the team?”

After recalling for a moment, the assistant said,

“Yes, four. The leader introduced himself as the PR manager of Shengshi Interactive Entertainment.”

“Tsk, tell him exactly what I said.” Qi Jia sneered, sat back down again, and said to the assistant, “No, let Chen Fangzhou come in person.”