Chapter 465 There is no free lunch in the world (Ch 465)

In the Hua Ting Hao Wang Night Market, many stall owners noticed that something was a bit strange tonight.

“Why is there no one here so early tonight?”

The owner of a fried noodle stall put down the spatula in his hand and looked at the street which was crowded a second ago but now visibly became a little empty with some confusion.

Next to him, the owner of a grilled oyster stall also said curiously,

“Yes, I heard that Qi Jia was coming back these days, so the number of tourists increased a lot. I even specially ordered a few more boxes of oysters tonight. How come everyone suddenly left?”

Not only the owners of the pedestrian street were puzzled, but also some mobile vendors outside the pedestrian street were asking each other what happened.

Why did the pedestrian street, which used to be bustling until the early morning, suddenly become deserted tonight?

Suddenly, a boss selling beef offal, without saying anything, started packing up his stall. In the puzzled eyes of the people around him, he got on his motorcycle and was about to leave.

“Hey, Lao Wang, why are you closing your stall so quickly?”

“Yes, are the city management officers coming?”

Several bosses from the neighboring shops grabbed him and asked anxiously,

“Hush, pack your things quickly. Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan are at Wansheng Yingxiang. Most of the tourists are heading there now.”

After saying that, without waiting for the bosses to ask more questions, Niu Za Lao Wang stepped on the accelerator, turned into a man as fast as the wind, and ran away.

Several bosses came to their senses, their heads buzzed, and then they tacitly kept silent and began to pack up their stalls quickly.

The other vendors had no idea what was going on and when asked, they refused to say anything.

About half an hour after the group left, a candied haws seller was watching Douyin and suddenly shouted,

“Fuck! Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan are at Wansheng Image Pedestrian Street. All the tourists are going there!”

At this moment, all the vendors reacted and were busy packing up their stalls while cursing those who had escaped first for being disloyal.

Some vendors who were far away didn’t hear the news. When they saw that everyone had left, they shouted anxiously.

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Are the city management officials here?”

“It’s not the city management, it’s Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan. Hurry up and pack up your things and leave together!” A kind boss passed by and slowed down his car to remind them.

“What! Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan are now city management officers?”

“…Forget it, you should just stay here.”

On the other side, in Wansheng Image Pedestrian Street,

After receiving the news, several leaders rushed over and gave instructions to the owner of Chenji Radish Pancake on the spot.

You must pay attention to hygiene and safety, do not be short of weight, and make sure the fillings are sufficient.

Even after giving the instructions, he was still not at ease, so he specially arranged for a security guard to watch over the place, which made the boss very worried.

“It would be great if Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan came every day. It hasn’t been this lively since the opening, has it?”

Several leaders stood by with their hands behind their backs, and one of them said with some emotion,

“Yeah, it’s a pity that you can’t just take advantage of big stars. I guess they won’t come again next time.”

After listening to the two subordinates, the leader shook his head and said seriously,

“Why think so much? The key is how to catch up with the effect of this wave of publicity. Spread the word and strictly check the food hygiene of all businesses to see if there is any shortage of weight or quantity.

There are also issues of public safety and sanitation on the pedestrian street that need to be addressed. Anyone who dares to be perfunctory will be fired!”

…

In the hotel,

Qi Jia was already lying on the bed, looking at the news on the Internet, and couldn’t help feeling a little emotional.

He thought there would be fans checking in, but he didn’t expect there would be so many people that they took away all the people on the other pedestrian street.

Unconsciously, I have become the person whose every word and action can affect many people’s jobs.

Suddenly, he remembered Zhang Ruonan’s words “You don’t understand the joy of freeloading”, and couldn’t help but laugh.

It seems that there is really no free lunch in this world. Getting two five-dollar cakes for free and making tens of millions of advertisements for free is a rate of return that even the Jews would call genius!

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, the assistant woke him up and told him to attend the welcome ceremony held by the association that morning.

Although it doesn’t start until 10 o’clock, you still have to go there half an hour in advance to meet and greet some leaders of the association.

After breakfast, the business car was already waiting at the hotel entrance. Qi Jia stood in front of the car door, looking a little confused.

“What’s wrong?” Zhang Ruonan asked curiously.

Qi Jia shook his head, his tone uncertain: “I always feel like I missed something. I guess it’s because I’m too nervous. Let’s go.”

Zhang Ruonan didn’t ask any more questions. The four of them got in the car and drove towards the Actors Association…

The association is right next to the group performance square, about a hundred meters away.

Before I even reached the door, I could see from afar that there were already so many people gathered that I couldn’t count them.

Fortunately, the association leader who received the news in advance arranged for security guards to separate a lane in the crowd, otherwise no car could enter.

The extras who had been waiting in the square since early morning and not even taking their turns to act saw a shiny black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle slowly approaching and knew that Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan had arrived.

Everyone was suddenly excited as if they had taken aphrodisiacs. They all swarmed over, raised their phones to take pictures, and kept shouting the two people’s names.

The business car drove forward in the sea of ​​people and finally stopped slowly in front of the association.

Crackling

As the car door opened, Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan got out, and the thousands of firecrackers that had been prepared in advance immediately went off.

The leaders of the association, both large and small, who were dressed in neat suits and had been waiting at the door for a long time, immediately stretched out their hands and greeted the two enthusiastically, smiling and saying,

“Welcome, welcome, welcome back Teacher Qi Jia to his hometown.”

“Welcome Mr. Zhang Ruonan to our Hengdian for filming.”

Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan shook hands with several leaders, then turned around and waved to the extras gathered outside the door, saying hello.

Then, accompanied by a group of leaders, he walked into the association’s office.

After the two disappeared at the door, the extras watching outside also began to swarm towards the square.

I was ready to grab a front position, hoping Qi Jia would find me pleasing and give me a hand.

In the association president’s office,

A group of leaders surrounded Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan like stars surrounding the moon, and they kept praising them.

“Teacher Qi Jia, you are the first actor in Hengdian who has become a big star from an extra. It’s not easy. We in Hengdian are proud of you.” President Liu Wenzhi said,

“Yes, yes. I heard that you were coming back. The number of tourists to our film and television city has doubled in the past few days. They all came to see you.” Secretary-General Zhou Li agreed with a smile.

Several other leaders, both big and small, also began to praise.

Qi Jia is good at maneuvering, moving between several leaders. He knows what the association is doing with its banners and posters, and its grand welcome party.

There are only two aspects.

The first is to play this card to attract his fans to travel to Hengdian, thereby boosting tourism revenue for the film and television city and its surrounding areas.

Second, he hopes to use his influence to bring in more large-scale production crews.

After all, although Hengdian is large in scale and has a complete industrial chain and supporting facilities, there are so many film and television bases across the country, and the crew does not necessarily have to choose Hengdian.

At this time, the role of top artists can be seen. Many crews, before filming, in order to ensure the shooting effect and the working state of the artists,

Usually we will take the artist’s opinions into consideration and try to choose a place that the artist is familiar with so that he can get into the role more quickly.

If an artist can say a few good words for Hengdian, the chances of the crew choosing to film in Hengdian will be greatly increased. A large crew may have hundreds of people and stay there for one or two months.

Coupled with the number of extras required, it will definitely have a huge impact on the economic development around the film and television city.

Not to mention that there will be fans of the drama and the leading actors coming to check in at the filming locations. Cultural and tourism income is the bulk of the film and television city’s income.

Understanding what they wanted to hear, Qi Jia responded with a smile,

“You are too polite, leaders. I have always been grateful to Hengdian for providing me with the platform that gave me the opportunity to perform.

I came back with deep feelings this time. In the past two years, under the leadership of the leaders, the association has trained many excellent actors. If I introduce a large crew in the future, I will not be afraid of a labor shortage. “

In these words, he praised several leaders and hinted that he would introduce a large crew in the future, but the prerequisite was that Hengdian had to meet the requirements and advance and retreat in moderation.

The smiles on Liu Wenzhi and others’ faces became even brighter. They naturally understood the meaning of Qi Jia’s words, but this sentence was enough.

After a brief chat, the staff came in to remind us that it was almost time.

So the group stood up and walked towards the square on foot, escorted by a dozen security guards.

There are more people gathered in the square now.

As soon as Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan appeared, a tsunami of cheers immediately rang out at the scene~

Looking at the stage so close at hand, an idea suddenly flashed through Qi Jia’s mind, and his expression changed slightly.

“I’ll go!”

Zhang Ruonan waved to greet the fans on both sides, and heard Qi Jia muttering in a low voice, wondering,

“What’s wrong?”

Qi Jia responded to everyone with a smile on his face, and leaned close to Zhang Ruonan’s ear, gritted his teeth and whispered,

“Damn! I forgot to memorize the script…”