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Chapter 1342 Pre-sale Box Office Nine

I saw Teacher Liu Ling holding her phone and then putting it down.

She picked it up again, then put it down again, going back and forth several times without making a decision. Du Hai, who was around her, was worried for Teacher Liu.

"Teacher Liu, today is the 30th. If we withdraw our investment, this is the only day left. It won't be good to wait until after the New Year."

Du Hai spoke up to remind him.

Chinese people traditionally settle their wages before the end of the year, and the same applies to withdrawing investment.

If they don't withdraw before the New Year, after the New Year... it'll be like being chased for debt. Who comes knocking on the door on the first day of the month? Liu Ling looked conflicted. He shouldn't have invested earlier. It wasn't that he trusted Huang Qi, but Huang Qi had made the offer, and the two had a good relationship. He should at least have given a token of appreciation. Now, that token is wasted. After seeing the pre-sale box office of "Crazy Stone," he regretted it.

I believe that human relationships are one thing, but another.

Investment is investment.

"Fight!"

Seeing that Teacher Liu was also hesitant to make the call, Du Hai urged her on.

Liu Ling turned and glanced at him, then said, "You also invested five million, so if you want to fight, you do it."

Hearing what Teacher Liu said, Du Hai was at a loss for words. Teacher Liu was embarrassed, and so was he! He wanted Teacher Liu to make the first move, and then he would chime in with a few words about withdrawing his five million investment, but Teacher Liu was just too embarrassed.

Tonight is the day the Spring Festival Gala will be broadcast.

Many people at the TV station are busy, and the studio is doing final adjustments. They are not the biggest Spring Festival Gala, but a local Spring Festival Gala. Although Liu Ling is the top host in the station, he is not qualified to be the host of the biggest Spring Festival Gala.

The hosts of that Spring Festival Gala were very particular; they needed to be people who could react very quickly on the spot, whose hosting skills were unfathomable and whose thinking was flexible.

"You're embarrassed, aren't you!?"

Liu Ling smiled and asked in return.

"Hey!"

Du Hai sighed softly.

If he were truly shameless, he wouldn't have encouraged Teacher Liu to speak first; he would have simply made a phone call.

"forget it!"

Liu Ling was also reluctant to give up her five million investment.

But when Huang Qi approached him, he agreed out of politeness.

"Teacher Liu, does that person really have such a low opinion of 'Night Diner'?"

Since things had come to this, Du Hai had no good solution. After all, even Teacher Liu said to forget it and let him make the call himself... Teacher Liu and Teacher Huang Qi are both seniors in the entertainment industry, while he is a junior, so it would indeed be inappropriate for him to make the call.

However, Du Hai still held onto a sliver of hope and asked tentatively, "Is it really true that 'Night Diner' is a dead end and that the investment will definitely result in a loss?!"

Du Hai had heard these rumors, but he hadn't confirmed them with Teacher Liu. It was just about five million, and who could say for sure about investments? It was only because the pre-sale box office of "Crazy Stone" was so high that they felt their five million investment might have gone down the drain, which was why they wanted to withdraw their investment. But Du Hai really didn't know the specifics.

So he took this opportunity to ask.

"I didn't say anything like that."

Liu Ling thought for a moment and then said, "It's just that some of these kinds of topics are not in line with the national conditions."

"Isn't that what you mean?"

Du Haixin felt a chill run down her spine.

"more or less!"

Liu Ling gave a wry smile and replied, "But he did refuse the cameo role, and he refused right in front of me without any hesitation. So let's not have too high hopes. Five million is not a small amount, but since we've already invested, we can only continue. We'll see how it goes then!"

"Night Diner" is the first film that Huang Qi invested in.

This was also the first film Liu Ling invested in. He originally wanted to invest more, since Huang Qi had invited so many celebrities to make cameo appearances, how bad could it be? But after seeing what Zhang You said, he only symbolically invested five million.

He gave him face. He even agreed to a cameo role. There wasn't much else he could help with. In the end, it all came down to him wanting to make money. Plus, he thought Zhang You's words were a bit alarmist at the time, but things are different now.

With such high pre-sale box office for "Crazy Stone," it seems poised to become another blockbuster. The fact that three films in a row have been successful demonstrates the filmmaker's keen insight; they were able to see potential risks that others might miss.

Fortunately, it was only five million.

If there were too many, he would be in a hurry now.

Even though it was only five million, it still made him feel a little heartache.

"Teacher Liu, you two are such good friends, why don't you ask him to invest and give you a boost?"

Du Hai asked.

"No matter how good the relationship is, it's not for this kind of thing."

Liu Ling replied, "It's fine for friends to ask each other for help, but you should never involve investments. If you make money, that's fine, but what if you lose money? Once money gets involved, the word 'friend' loses its meaning."

Liu Ling knew, of course, that Zhang You was now very wealthy.

He also participated in the investment of several projects, but he never considered asking Zhang You to invest with him. Firstly, he was not yet at that level, and secondly, after so many years in the entertainment industry, he had long realized that relationships in this circle cannot be tainted by money. If they are even slightly involved, problems can easily arise.

Just like this time, Huang Qi approached him to solicit investment.

Before the TV series was even finished filming, he was already worried that "Night Diner" might actually suffer from cultural incompatibility, just as Zhang You had predicted, because of the high budget and box office of the film he invested in. This made him somewhat blaming Huang Qi.

Liu Ling knew this was not good.

No investment is without risk. It's just that because of Zhang You's words and the series of successes, the risks that were originally hidden have become apparent to the investors even before the TV series is finished.

This caused everyone to lose their composure and want to back out.

If it were me, I would look for it.

Du Hai replied.

So you're richer than me.

Liu Ling put his phone in his pocket and replied with a smile that he no longer planned to withdraw his investment. Although it would be a pity, Liu Ling guessed that Huang Qi was not doing well right now, so he didn't want to make things worse for him.

Seeing someone calling her and Du Hai, the two walked towards the studio. Du Hai's voice reached Liu Ling's ears as he asked, "Teacher Liu, what do you think the final box office for 'Crazy Stone' will be? It shouldn't start strong and then decline, right? You and Shen Jiaming are very close, and you even helped promote it, so didn't you ask?"

I asked.

Liu Ling responded.

"How to say!?"

Du Hai pressed for an answer.

"It's even better than 'Goodbye Mr. Loser,'" Shen Jiaming said. "This movie is very special. It's not the kind of comedy that's straightforward. It has many funny plots that are both logical and unexpected. It's also the kind of movie where several storylines converge on one line."

Stopping in her tracks, Liu Ling thought for a moment and said, "He also said that with this movie airing, he'll have another representative work."

Speaking of it.

Liu Ling didn't continue speaking.

Besides these, Shen Jiaming also said that he felt this movie would break the box office ceiling for all comedy films... He said this privately and wouldn't tell anyone else.

But if you tell others, that would be arrogant.

However, the director and actors know best about the quality of a movie. If even the male lead, Shen Jiaming, dares to say such a thing, it means that there is absolutely no problem with the quality of this movie.

After its release tomorrow, it is highly likely to be a box office hit once again.

Just then, Liu Ling's phone rang. He took it out and looked at it, then said to Du Hai, "One of the skits over there was cut because the rehearsal went way over time."

(End of this chapter)