Rebirth, I really don't want to be a warm man

Chapter 328
Li Zhe was also a little surprised that "The Paradise" could get such a high number of votes.

Originally, his goal was not to lose money, and it was acceptable to lose a little bit.

It seems that domestic horror films still have a certain potential.

If the cost of filming and publicity is reduced to an extremely low level, it is not difficult to recover the cost or make a small profit.

After all, there is still a certain market for domestic horror movies. Many couples like to watch horror movies when they go to the movies on a date.

As long as the box office barely pays back, the movie makes a fortune.

Because, in addition to box office revenue, movies have other benefits.

Copyright income, peripheral income, advertising income, etc.

For example, the copyright of "The Paradise" is sold to TV stations, various set-top box on-demand platforms, and playback platforms on airplanes, cars, and trains, etc., allowing these platforms to play within a certain period of time.

There are also online copyrights, and a small amount of advertising revenue. These bits and pieces of income add up to at least two or three million, or even more.

Adding the box office income to other income, the income of "The Paradise" is 600 million.

For many movies, the box office is only used to pay back the cost, and the money still depends on other income.

The two drove to a movie theater where "The Paradise" was shown.

"The Paradise" has been in theaters for more than 20 days, and it is almost out of stock. The single-day box office is getting lower and lower, and the number of films is getting less and less.

When he came to the cinema, Li Zhe bought two couple tickets.

After waiting for a while, he entered the theater with Zhou Ziyu.

The movie is about to be released, and the attendance rate of the movie is not high.

There were only a dozen people in the theater, most of them were young couples.

Soon, the lights in the cinema hall dimmed and the movie began to show.

Li Zhe watched a movie while eating the popcorn that Zhou Ziyu fed him.

At the beginning of the movie, there are seven or eight passengers on a small bus, sleeping, chatting, watching the scenery, whatever.

The driver, a middle-aged man in his 40s, was listening to the radio while driving.

Suddenly there was a "bang", and the car shook suddenly, as if it had hit something.

The driver stepped on the brakes subconsciously and the car was forcibly stopped.

A fat man (Yang Hao) who was sleeping in the car, under the effect of inertia, hit his head directly on the front seat and yelled in pain, "Oh, shit!"

"Driver, how do you drive?"

Passengers complained.

"It seems to have hit something!" The driver hurriedly got out of the car to check, but found that nothing had been hit.

On the chin hit the road again.

However, someone soon discovered something was wrong.

"Why is it getting dark all of a sudden?" said a young woman (Ye Shan) dressed as a white-collar worker.

Not only did the sky darken, but also a strange black fog appeared on both sides of the highway.

This abnormal phenomenon made the passengers in the car a little surprised.

"My mobile phone has no signal." A young girl (Huo Mengyan) who looks like a female student said.

"My mobile phone has no signal." The people in the car took out their mobile phones one after another, but found that the mobile phone had no signal.

It's not just that the mobile phone has no signal, the radio playing in the car also has no signal, and it becomes a rustling sound.

At this time, the car stopped suddenly again.

"What are you stopping for?"

"Master, what are you doing parking?"

……

This section of the road is so weird that passengers want to leave as soon as possible, and are very dissatisfied with the driver's sudden stop.

But the driver never responded.

A bald-headed middle-aged man in his 30s (Xu Zheng) got up and came to the driver. He found the driver with his left hand on the steering wheel and his right hand on a black box next to him. He looked dull and confused, mumbling.

"What did I forget? What did I forget? Why can't I remember..."

Yang Hao also came over, and he carefully looked at the black box under the driver's right hand.

It turned out to be an urn!

The urn was pasted in white with a white note on it, with a name written in black on it: Zhang Limin.

"Why is there no car on the highway?" A girl (Luan Xiaolin) dressed as a stewardess said suddenly.

The people in the car noticed that apart from their minibus, no other vehicles passed by.

……

The middle-aged driver died when he suddenly slammed his head on the front window.

The passengers in the car were all terrified, Xu Zheng volunteered and drove everyone away.

The sky was getting darker and darker, until it was completely dark, and there was still no car on the highway. Just when the passengers were getting more and more scared, lights suddenly appeared in front of them, it was a gas station.

……

It was also the first time for Li Zhe to watch the finished film of "The Paradise". Before that, he had only seen rough cuts.

After Jiang Jingxian joined Quku Entertainment, he handed over the production of the film to her.

He now understands why "The Paradise" has such a high box office.

After fine editing and soundtrack, the rhythm of the movie is faster, the sense of suspense is stronger, and the appeal to the audience is stronger.

In addition, it is the beauty effect.

Luan Xiaolin, Huo Mengyan, and Ye Shan are all beauties.

Especially when Wang Zhining appeared on stage, Li Zhe heard someone in the theater saying, this actress is so beautiful!

For many male viewers, seeing so many beauties for a [-]-[-] movie ticket is already worth it. As long as the plot is not too bad, it is acceptable.

"Luan Xiaolin played very well." Zhou Ziyu said softly.

Li Zhe was stunned for a moment when he heard that, Luan Xiaolin's acting skills were good.

But in the movie, she is just a small supporting role, with very few roles.

Why did Zhou Ziyu deliberately mention her?

She can't really guess what it is!

Wang Zhining played a female star in "The Paradise", and Huo Lili was her assistant.

When Xu Zheng, Yang Hao, Ye Shan, Huo Mengyan, and Luan Xiaolin came to the supermarket at the gas station, they met Wang Zhining and Huo Lili.

And a middle-aged man who ate instant noodles crazily and choked to death.

Next to him is also an urn with his name written on it.

Xu Zheng and Yang Hao found each other's driver's book and business card on the middle-aged man's body, and found that he was a big truck driver.

Next, black urns appeared again and again, and people died in strange ways.

Ye Shan, Huo Lili...

Everyone dies saying "what did I forget..."

There are more and more weird things, such as large trucks that drive automatically without a driver.

A mysterious man who is surrounded by black mist and attacks anyone he sees.

In the end, only Xu Zheng and Wang Zhining were left.

At the critical juncture, the two found the truth from the collected clues, escaped from the treacherous realm, and woke up in the ambulance.

At the end of the movie, there is a news report.

"A serious traffic accident occurred on the ××× highway section."

"A large truck suddenly lost control while driving and collided with a minibus and a car one after another."

"In this accident, nine people died and two were injured..."

At the end of the movie, the lights in the theater came on.

The audience left while discussing the content of the movie.

"The plot is a bit far-fetched. It is said that he was dying in a car accident. How can the mysterious person in the Paradise explain it?"

"The heroine is very beautiful! She should be a newcomer, I haven't seen it before."

Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu also followed the crowd out of the theater.

……

A small county in Shandong Province.

In the screening hall of the movie theater, He Zhigang was also watching "The Paradise".

Looking at Huo Mengyan on the big screen, his heart was very complicated.

Now He Zhigang and Huo Mengyan basically have no contact with each other.

The two occasionally ran into each other at school, and they just nodded and said hello to each other.

Coming out of the movie theater, He Zhigang took out his mobile phone, wanting to send a message to Huo Mengyan.

But he hesitated for a while, and still didn't send it.

In fact, this is not the first time He Zhigang has watched "The Paradise".

As soon as the movie came out, he went to see it.

After reading it, he sent a congratulatory message to Huo Mengyan.

But the other party only replied with a thank you.

He Zhigang sighed, and put away the phone again.

……

After coming out of the movie theater, Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu visited the night scene together again.

It was past 11 o'clock in the evening when the two returned to the apartment.

But Zhou Qing hasn't left yet.

"Xiao Zhe, you are back, I made soup for you, you can drink some!"

As Zhou Qing said, she went to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of wolfberry, red dates and white fungus soup.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Li Zhe took the soup and drank it slowly.

His mother-in-law's cooking skills are average, but the stew is indeed a must.

Zhou Qing said to Zhou Ziyu again: "Xiaoyu, if you want soup, you can serve it yourself."

Zhou Ziyu glanced at Zhou Qing, her mother was too eccentric.

She didn't even think about it, without a daughter, where would a son-in-law come from?

Zhou Qing looked at Li Zhe who was drinking soup, "Xiao Zhe, drink slowly, and I'll go back."

"Auntie, it's so late, don't go back, stay here." Li Zhe put down the soup bowl.

Zhou Qing didn't leave until so late, he couldn't see what she was thinking.

"Okay then!" Zhou Qing hesitated for a while before agreeing.

"I'll just live in that small room."

"Auntie, you are an elder, how can you be allowed to live in the nanny's room?
After finishing speaking, Li Zhe said to Zhou Ziyu again: "Xiaoyu, don't you still have a room, please help Auntie tidy up."

"Auntie, you can live in that room from now on!"

Zhou Ziyu was taken aback when he heard this.

She still lives in a room with Shen Xinyi, but her mother has a separate room.

How does this feel a bit wrong?
For the next two days, Li Zhe stayed on the set and filmed.

On the 19th, the filming of "The Heirs" ended and it was officially completed.

On the evening of the 20th, Fundong Group held the company's annual meeting.

More than 800 employees of the group all participated in the annual meeting.

At the annual meeting, Li Zhe reviewed and summarized the company's development in the previous year, and then proposed the development goals for next year.

After he finished speaking, Zhao Jia, Yu Zhongfeng, Jiang Jingxian and other senior executives of the group also spoke a few words in turn.

After the leader's speech, the annual meeting will enter the entertainment segment.

Performances and prize draws.

The performances at the annual meeting are all talented employees of the company.

Wang Zhining, Luan Xiaolin, Huo Mengyan, Zhao Yuhuan, and Nini, signed artists of Quku Entertainment, are the main force of the show.

During the lucky draw at the annual meeting, Li Zhe was very angry and gave out millions.

Everyone has a prize, the minimum red envelope is [-] yuan.

There are also prizes such as mobile phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, and [-] yuan red envelopes.

The special prize of the annual meeting is a car worth about 10 yuan.

Li Zhe was unlucky, he only won a hundred yuan red envelope, but Liu Kaiyue won a thousand yuan mobile phone.

But she has no shortage of mobile phones, and such a thousand yuan mobile phone is just given away.

Huo Mengyan won the special prize.

Li Zhe handed Huo Mengyan the big cardboard with pictures of cars on it representing the grand prize, and took a photo with her.

Unlike some companies that draw prizes according to the size of their positions, Li Zhe's lucky draw has nothing to do with it, it's all due to luck.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have just won a hundred yuan red envelope.

Huo Mengyan's ability to win the special prize has nothing to do with Li Zhe, it can only be said that she is lucky.

After 9 o'clock in the evening, after the annual meeting, Li Zhe was going back to the apartment.

However, as soon as he got in the car, he received a call from Guo Jian, his best friend in high school.

When he first entered college, Li Zhe and Guo Jian still had a lot of contact.

But as time went on, the contact between the two became less and less.

Two or three months, or even longer, before making a phone call.

After the call was connected, Guo Jian first asked Li Zhe if he would return to the mountain city for the New Year. Hearing that he still would not come back, he complained a few words.

After the two chatted for a few words, Guo Jian suddenly said, "Has Zhang Yan contacted you?"

When Li Zhe heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, "What is she contacting me for?"

He said so, but he remembered it in his heart, as if it was the time for Zhang Yan to contact him.

Sure enough, Guo Jian said: "Zhang Yan was asking classmates for your contact information everywhere, and when he found me, I gave her your QQ."

"Zhezi, I think Zhang Yan should like you, you can figure it out yourself!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhe sighed lightly.

If it wasn't for Guo Jian's call, he would have forgotten about Zhang Yan.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Zhang Yan took the initiative to add his QQ.

Then the two chatted more and more speculatively on QQ, and soon after the start of school next year, they confirmed their relationship.

On May [-]st, Zhang Yan took the train and traveled thousands of miles from Harbin to Hongcheng to see her.

However, this relationship only lasted less than two or three months.

Not long after Zhang Yan returned to Harbin, he was with other boys.

However, Zhang Yan would still contact him like in the previous life, which meant that Tan Hui did not tell anything about him.

Regarding his own situation, Li Zhe did not disclose it to his buddy Guo Jian at all.

Because he didn't want to pass the matter to his father.

For his father, Li Zhe was completely disappointed.

He is an extremely selfish person who only cares about himself and does not care about the life or death of others.

Moreover, she is extremely snobbish, shameless.

If his father finds out that he is now worth hundreds of millions or a billion, he will immediately post it with his mistress, and he will not be able to drive him away.

Li Zhe didn't fully see this point until 10 years later in his previous life.

He never wanted to think badly of his parents, but the fact made him have to face it.

Li Zhe had been in contact with his father for more than a year, and he had more contact with his father in the first semester of his freshman year.

But from the first semester of freshman year, the contact has become less and less, until now there is almost no contact.

Li Zhe knew the reason very well.

Because he didn't care about his father asking for tuition and living expenses, his father thought he was asking his mother for money.

That's why I didn't want to contact him, for fear that he would open his mouth and ask for money.

Selfishness, unwillingness to pay for raising children, but also hope that children can become talents, so that they can benefit from the glory, what a beautiful idea.

Li Zhe shook his head, unwilling to think about it, started the car and drove towards the apartment.

(End of this chapter)