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Chapter 344 Joy, Joy Turns to Sorrow
Feng Shui turns.

The people are still the same, but their mental outlook has changed.

When they first started doing promotional tours, He Daqi was relaxed and carefree, just like a handsome young master. He was all smiles and polite to everyone. While others were worried about the box office results, he was thinking about how to eat something fancy all day long. The two were completely on different wavelengths.

It is different now.

The roadshow has been going on for a week now, and the other members of the creative team have completely lost their initial nervousness. They are all incredibly energetic, like they're stuffing two pounds of chili powder through the back door every morning – they're frighteningly excited.

Ning Hao, in particular, had frighteningly red eyes and always had his mouth wide open; anyone who didn't know him would think he was going to eat a child.

He Daqi looked exhausted and had no energy for anything. His temporary hosting position had been taken over by Huang Bo, and He Daqi lazily followed behind, interacting with the audience before leaving the stage early to rest with his eyes closed.

Fortunately, Huang Bo is indeed eloquent and hosts with great skill. He Daqi understood somewhat why Huang Bo's profile specifically mentioned the number of seasons he had participated in variety shows.

This time, I'm here in Sichuan for a promotional tour. The dialogue in Crazy Stone is mostly in Sichuan dialect, so doing a promotional tour here is like being back in my comfort zone.

As usual, when Ning Hao on stage rambled on and on, dragging out the time until the movie was about to start, the main creative team members walked off the stage one by one and sat in the first row of the audience.

Ning Hao looked at He Daqi's limp appearance and was about to say a few words to cheer him up, but before he could say anything, He Daqi raised his hand to stop him.

"Master Ning, stop reading. If you keep reading, I'm going back to Flower Fruit Mountain to play with the mother monkey."

He Daqi's words amused the others, and they all turned to look at him with smiles. They were all quite relaxed, and their leisurely demeanor was comparable to He Daqi's on the first day of the roadshow.

Ning Hao chuckled to himself. He'd gotten used to He Daqi's constant chatter these past few days, and just now he subconsciously wanted to chime in with a few words.

I have to keep nagging. With He Daqi acting like this now, Ning Hao is really afraid he'll go back to Flower Fruit Mountain to find his mother monkey.

Crazy Stone has been in theaters for a week, and its box office performance remains strong, which is why the main cast and crew are in high spirits.

However, He Daqi was an exception. Ever since he learned that Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" had flopped at the box office, his original enthusiasm vanished instantly. It was so obvious that Ning Hao was afraid that he would jump off the train halfway through the roadshow and go back to Beijing to lie around like a couch potato.

We can't let He Daqi leave. He's one of the biggest selling points of this movie. What if the box office is not good if He Daqi leaves?
So these past two days, Ning Hao has been nagging him every now and then, preemptively silencing He Daqi and preventing him from announcing his departure.

It's obvious that Crazy Stone can take everything now, so why not hurry up and eat it all up?

The Promise is currently hovering around one million in box office revenue every day, a stagnant state that is giving investors and cinemas a major headache.

"Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" is a bit better, making around two million a day. The problem is that it's been a week since its release and it hasn't even reached twenty million in box office revenue. If we look at the costs that the film has publicly announced, it's a complete loss.

Crazy Stone, on the other hand, has been soaring, with its box office revenue not falling below 16 million yuan per day until yesterday. Based on the current box office trend, it is very likely to reach 200 million yuan.

That's just how the world is; the winner takes all. Right now, the media is hyping up Crazy Stone, and there's a flood of enthusiastic support. The more they do this, the longer the Crazy Stone craze lasts, creating a virtuous cycle.

The old god fell, and a new god rose.

Although Chen Kaige suffered from qi deviation during his training and Zhang Yimou severed both of his arms, as long as they can win, that's all that matters. Who says bullying the old, weak, sick, and disabled isn't a skill? Ning Hao, for one, would absolutely disagree with that.

Does soloing the nursing home not count as soloing?

The thought of his sudden rise to prominence filled Ning Hao with joy.

These past few days, he's been waking up laughing in his sleep. He's forgotten how many hours he sleeps each day. Anyway, he feels full of energy as soon as he wakes up and is especially looking forward to interacting with his fans.

His energy made him seem like a chatterbox. No sooner had He Daqi stopped him than two minutes had passed, and now he was already starting to ramble on again.

"Daqi, you're so young, how come you're not growing any faster every day..."

Unfortunately, his rambling was unsuccessful, because halfway through his sentence, He Daqi took out his phone, put it to his ear, and said, "Sister Liu," indicating that it was Liu Ying calling.

Ning Hao shut his mouth and pricked up his ears, wanting to hear the new box office data.

Usually, when Liu Ying calls He Daqi, she just tells him the box office data. He Daqi listens and then hangs up. He's always too lazy to tell everyone, and they have to keep asking before he slowly and deliberately tells them the results.

However, this time He Daqi didn't just hang up after a few words. It seemed that Liu Ying had something else to tell him, which made the energetic Ning Hao even more curious. Could it be that the roadshow schedule had changed? So he leaned his head closer to He Daqi.

"What's wrong, Sister Liu? Why are you laughing like that? What happened?"

He Daqi asked with some doubt.

He answered the phone, said hello, and then Liu Ying laughed so hard she couldn't catch her breath, unable to utter a complete sentence. He Daqi was left with a head full of question marks as he listened to her in fits and starts.

"Hahaha... Daqi... You... Hahahaha... Go online and check it out, oh my, someone edited a video of Wuji... It's really interesting... Hahahaha... It's called 'A Steamed Bun'... A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun, go watch it..."

Pfft!
Something fell to the ground.

He Daqi turned his head and looked over. Without waiting for Liu Ying to finish laughing and explain, he quickly said, "Sister Liu, let's not talk now. Ning Hao has fainted. We can talk about it later."

After he hung up the phone, the main cast members surrounded the unconscious Ning Hao.

The commotion was so loud that it attracted the attention of a group of movie fans, some of whom, driven by curiosity, stood up and looked over.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Call 120!"

"Make way, make way, Haozi might have heatstroke."

"Stop making things worse! It's winter, he can't possibly have heatstroke. Quick, check if he's still breathing!"

"What? CPR? I don't know how, Huang Bo, you do it..."

The situation was chaotic. The main cast members were at a loss as they looked at Ning Hao, who had fainted on the ground, and offered all sorts of random and incoherent suggestions.

The movie is currently showing and on promotional tour. If something were to happen to the director at this time, it would be a real disaster.

In the dim light, He Daqi seemed to hear a gurgling sound, hmm? A snoring sound?

He listened carefully and the snoring stopped. He thought he had just hallucinated because he was nervous. He didn't care to investigate it because He Bing started to direct everyone to carry Ning Hao to the preparation room. He Daqi quickly went up to help.

After all the trouble, the ambulance finally arrived, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief as Ning Hao was lifted into the vehicle.

Well, with that spurt, He Daqi is now incredibly energetic. Forget about the roadshow schedule; the group hurriedly followed the ambulance to the hospital.

When everyone rushed into the hospital, Ning Hao had already been moved to the observation room.

The emergency room doctor, a young man, saw that Ning Hao's vital signs were normal after being measured by the nurse, so he came out and asked He Daqi and the others, "Are you the patient's friends or family members?"

“We are his friends, doctor, what’s wrong with him?” He Daqi asked.

"Not sure yet, um... Is your friend allergic to anything?"

"I'm not sure about that. Let me ask his wife in a moment."

After He Daqi finished speaking, he took out his phone and called Xing Aina: "Sister Xing, Ning Hao has fainted. We don't know the situation yet. Do you know if he has any dietary restrictions or allergies?"

Xing Aina panicked upon hearing this and quickly asked, "How could he faint? He... doesn't have any allergies, he eats everything, there's nothing he can't eat. Is it because he's not used to the new environment?"

He Daqi thought it was unlikely that the problem was due to acclimatization. Crazy Stone was filmed in Sichuan, so if it were really acclimatization, it would have been discovered long ago.

"Sister Xing, we are at the Fourth People's Hospital of Sichuan. Why don't you come over first and wait for the doctor to examine you?"

"Row."

Fortunately, Xing Aina accompanied Ning Hao on the promotional tour, although she didn't go to the movie theater with him.

He Daqi hung up the phone and shook his head at the doctor: "He doesn't have any dietary restrictions. His wife said he can eat anything."

"Oh, I see... Did you have mushroom hot pot for lunch?" the doctor asked again.

"We ate last night, a group of us ate together. We didn't eat at noon today, but we had rabbit head, boiled pork, and braised beef for lunch."

"How is his sleep? Has he done any strenuous work these past few days?"

"I don't know about his sleep, but he's been very energetic these past few days. He doesn't seem like he's not sleeping well. It's even less likely that he's doing physical labor. He works in the arts, so it's impossible for him to do heavy work."

After a moment's thought, the doctor instructed, "Then observe him for a while longer. His physical indicators are fine, but his blood lipids are a bit high, which is probably due to his diet being too oily. Please wait and see."

"Okay, thank you for your help, doctor."

Once the young doctor returned to the observation room, everyone began to discuss the matter.

"What's going on? How come they can't find anything wrong with her even though she's unconscious?" Sun Honglei spoke first.

Just kidding, his own starring movie was finally a huge hit, and then this happened. Sun Honglei felt like his head was spinning.

"Is the doctor too young and inexperienced?" Huang Bo asked.

He said that He Daqi also had some doubts about this, but since someone who can work in the emergency room of a big hospital must be quite skilled, He Daqi didn't say anything.

“I heard from others that this kind of sudden coma is either caused by a brain hemorrhage or a heart problem…” Wang Xun muttered to himself.

As everyone was talking, a doctor in his fifties wearing a white coat came out of the elevator and hurried toward the observation room. The young doctor opened the door to greet him and led him into the observation room while exchanging words.

Then, less than two minutes later, the two doctors came out together. The one in his fifties took the elevator upstairs again, while the younger doctor walked up to He Daqi and the others once more.

"Don't worry, he's just too tired and has fallen asleep. If you want to wake him up, just wait until he's slept for a few hours. However, we recommend letting him sleep until he wakes up naturally, because this has triggered his body's protective mechanism, and sleeping until he wakes up naturally will allow him to recover his energy."

This……

The group looked at each other, wondering if he had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Ning Hao had been so excited these past few days; he didn't seem tired at all.

The reason was so absurd that when He Daqi told Xing Aina, who had rushed to the hospital, Xing Aina thought he was joking.

Fortunately, when the doctor wheeled Ning Hao out of the observation room and took him to the ward, he explained it to Xing Aina again, which convinced her.

She was both amused and exasperated, and told He Daqi and the others to go back first, while she stayed in the ward to keep watch over them.

Ning Hao finally got a good night's sleep.

I slept from 6:30 pm until 10 am the next day.

The first thing he did upon waking was to complain to Xing Aina, who was keeping watch by his bedside: "I'm so busy I'm dizzy, I even dreamt about doing promotional tours..."

He had barely finished speaking when he realized something was wrong; it seemed like they were in a hospital room.

Looking at him, Xing Aina teased him with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, "You're really too busy to handle anything."

Before Ning Hao could ask any questions, He Daqi pushed open the door and came in carrying a fruit basket. Seeing that Ning Hao had just woken up, he happily dragged a stool over and sat down next to him, and then delivered a shocking piece of news.

"Great, senior brother, you're finally awake! You've been in a coma for three years. Luckily, you woke up in time. There's an interstellar war breaking out outside, and the aliens are about to attack. If you hadn't woken up, we would have had to carry you while you were unconscious and retreat to the rear, which would have seriously delayed our escape."

Ning Hao was still half asleep and his mind wasn't quite clear. He was taken aback by He Daqi's joke, but when he saw the suppressed laughter on He Daqi's face, he realized that He Daqi was just joking with him.

"I'm going to make a movie about aliens attacking Earth someday," Ning Hao said, rolling his eyes.

He Daqi laughed and then asked in surprise, "Senior brother, have you not rested for days? You're so tired that your body's protective mechanisms have been triggered."

"Sigh... It's been about ten days now. I had insomnia for the first few days, and then I only slept three or four hours a day, sometimes only an hour. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now I'm scared when I think about it."

"You should take a good rest. Don't worry about the roadshow. Except for my uncle who went back to Beijing, everyone else went to participate in Happy Camp. Let's put the roadshow on hold for now. There's no need to go through all that trouble for the sake of box office."

Ning Hao glanced at the bright sun outside the ward window and said helplessly, "Well, that's fine then. Anyway, the original plan was to run for ten days, and now that we've run for seven days, it's not too bad."

"That's the right way to think. Here, let me show you a video. I downloaded it to my phone last night. It's hilarious, the best funny short film of the year. It's even funnier than our Crazy Stone. Look, a steamed bun caused a bloodbath."

He Daqi chuckled as he found the video and handed the phone to Ning Hao.

He almost laughed himself to death when he watched it for the first time last night, especially since he had seen both versions of The Promise, he could totally relate to the jokes in the video.

(End of this chapter)