Chapter 470: The Congress of Suffering (Ch 470)

Evening, 18:30,

A black Mercedes Benz business car slowly stopped at the entrance of the VIP building, and Qi Jia got out of the car with his assistant.

Zhang Ruonan did not come along. After all, she was not familiar with everyone. If she were there, she was worried that everyone would not be able to chat freely. So, she went to see Sister Qiu with Nie Xiaoyu first.

The hotel manager came forward and personally took Qi Jia and the other person to the entrance of Mingyuexuan before leaving.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the noisy voices in the private room instantly quieted down.

The next second, everyone stood up with a friendly smile on their faces and shouted,

“Brother Qi, you are handsome again”

“Brother Qi! Long time no see”

“Brother Qi, why didn’t my sister-in-law come with you~”

Qi Jia walked in quickly with his assistant, walked to each table with a smile, shook hands and greeted everyone one by one.

“Your sister-in-law, she went to see Sister Qiu”

“Brother Tao, how come you’ve gained so much weight in just one year? Be careful that you won’t be able to fit into your armor.”

“Uncle Liu, did you bring my favorite pork trotter rice? I can smell the aroma.”

“Hey~ Lao Tang! I heard that you passed the special examination, not bad, keep up the good work”

“…”

Looking at Qi Jia walking towards him, Lin Hai wiped his hands vigorously on his pants and said excitedly,

“Teacher Qi Jia, long time no see, thank you for remembering me.”

Qi Jia shook Lin Hai’s hand vigorously. He had a good impression of this first director who invested in him.

“Brother Hai, you should just call me Qi Jia. Calling me teacher is too distant.”

Lin Hai felt as if he had taken a magic pill. Qi Jia’s “Brother Hai” made him feel light and airy.

He smiled so hard that he couldn’t close it, nodded repeatedly, and said,

“Yes, yes, we are estranged. I will drink a few more glasses to make amends later.”

After a round of greetings, no one sat down. Everyone looked at Qi Jia, who was sitting at the head table, waiting for him to speak.

“It seems that if I don’t say a few words, no one will have much appetite.” Qi Jia said with a smile: “In this case, then I will tell you four things to whet your appetite~”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Hai immediately clapped his hands vigorously.

There was a burst of applause, but Qi Jia did not stop it. Instead, he raised a finger and continued,

“First, eat and drink well. Don’t even eat instant noodles when you go home at night.”

“Second, as usual, after dinner, everyone will receive a gift, a red envelope, cigarettes and alcohol. As for immoral gifts like the Foot Bath City membership card, I won’t give them to you.”

After he finished speaking, a laugh that all men understood rang out in the private room. The assistant at the side lowered his head and secretly rolled his eyes.

“Third, in addition to the five places promised on site today, there are another five places that I have specially prepared for everyone. Whoever is capable will go, it all depends on their ability.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the box started howling with excitement.

“Awooo~Brother Qi is awesome!”

Lin Hai was secretly astonished, thinking that Qi Jia was really generous to this group of brothers in distress. Not to mention his current status, just based on his character, he was worthy of close friendship.

Qi Jia waved his hand and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, wait until I finish telling you the fourth thing, then you can get excited.”

“Yes, yes, yes, stop arguing and listen to Brother Qi!”

“Shh! Stop talking, do you still want to hear good news?”

After being stopped by several veteran extras, the wolf howling in the private room gradually quieted down.

Qi Jia looked at the only leader present and said,

“Brother Ji, Meng Hua Lu will take about 45 days to shoot in Hengdian. During this period, I will leave the daily recruitment of extras to you.

I only have two requests. One, no one on the scene is allowed to take commissions. Two, no one else can take commissions, but the maximum is 10%. Is that a problem?”

After Qi Jia finished speaking, he picked up his glass and waited for everyone to cheer, but he found that everyone was looking at each other, and they didn’t seem very happy.

Lin Hai was shocked, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Zhang Shibang is finished!

At this time, the leader of the group named Ji Ge stood up and said,

“Brother Qi, we didn’t want to tell you these things because we were worried that it would cause you trouble, but now that you mentioned it, I have no choice but to tell you.”

“You speak, I listen”

Qi Jia frowned, realizing that there seemed to be something hidden in this. He put down his wine glass and said,

“Last July, a man named Zhang Shibang came to the group and monopolized the recruitment of extras for all the big crews. He also took 50% of the commissions.

If someone doesn’t accept it, he will ban them, and no matter if they are the group leader or the extras, they will not get any work.”

“Because he is the nephew of the association president, there is nothing we can do.”

After Brother Ji finished speaking, the scene immediately turned into a grievance meeting, with people constantly speaking up.

“Yeah, Brother Qi, that bastard is such a jerk. Our pay is low to begin with, but he still exploits us like this.”

“Brother Qi, can you help us talk to him and ask him to just take 40% and leave some money for us to eat?”

“Brother Qi, please help us. Many of our former acquaintances have been driven away by him.”

“…”

Listening to everyone recounting Zhang Shibang’s crimes one by one, the assistant glanced at Qi Jia.

Seeing that although his face was calm, his index finger and thumb were constantly rubbing, she suddenly remembered a sentence that Sister Ruonan had told her before.

“Although your brother Qi is usually easy to get along with and has no temper, when you find that he is constantly rubbing his index finger and thumb, you should pay attention. This is a sign that he is angry. If I am not by his side, you must persuade him to stop and not get angry in front of everyone…”

Qi Jia was indeed very angry. He had never expected that his old brothers were living such a hard life.

They have been so humble as to be willing to accept a 40% commission, which is simply outrageous!

But at this moment, his every word and action would be magnified infinitely. Even if everyone in the private room was his own people, he couldn’t lose his temper in public.

Qi Jia took a deep breath and was about to speak when he suddenly heard Lin Hai, who was sitting next to him, say,

“Qi Jia, I just met Zhang Shibang. Not only does he want to take over the recruitment of extras for your crew, but he also wants to get involved in the five roles.”

Qi Jia suddenly stopped rubbing his fingers.

This subtle change caused the little assistant who had been paying attention to his emotional fluctuations to twitch her eyelids suddenly. She quickly stepped forward and gently placed her hand on Qi Jia’s shoulder as Zhang Ruonan had taught her.

This slap instantly sobered Qi Jia, who was on the verge of getting angry.

Huh~ Qi Jia took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, nodded to the assistant, indicating that he was fine and asked her not to worry.

Although everyone didn’t know what Qi Jia was doing by rubbing his fingers, from the reaction of his assistant, they could guess what almost happened.

They were all so shocked that they dared not breathe. The room was instantly quiet. Lin Hai swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

“Brother Hai, I know you still have something to say, let’s finish it together.” Qi Jia saw that he was hesitant to speak, and said in a deep voice,

Lin Hai clenched his fists, mustered up his courage, and then spoke,

“Do you still remember Wu Xiaoyu?”

Qi Jia was stunned. She didn’t expect that Lin Hai wanted to talk about her. She nodded and said,

“What’s wrong with her?”

“She was originally an extra in my crew, but Zhang Shibang took a fancy to her and wanted to force Wu Xiaoyu to obey him, so he told me not to use her and banned her in all of Hengdian…”

Next, Lin Hai gritted his teeth and told Qi Jia everything he knew about Wu Xiaoyu, as well as the content of his conversation with Zhang Shibang just now.

At the same time, Wu Xiaoyu was standing at the door of the hotel.

She took a deep breath and decided that she would get the film pay that was owed to her tonight no matter what, and then leave Hengdian!