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Chapter 586 It's not like I can't live without Jing Tian.

On screen, the story of Queen Sito and her male servant continues.

Going barefoot like this wasn't a good idea, so Queen Siteng unceremoniously snatched Qi Hui's shoes away.

What to do if your shoelaces are loose?
She stretched out her leg so the servant could fasten it, and then took the servant's coat as well.

Faced with the powerful Kai tribe, what can Qin Fang, played by Qi Hui, do?

You can only be obedient.

Soon, the first episode ended.

Viewers who were still wanting more didn't hesitate to click on the second episode.

Compared to the first episode, which was quite information-rich, the second episode focuses more on the unfamiliarity of the ancient person, Shito, with modern society.

She wanted to understand modern society, but she didn't even know how to use a remote control.

She wanted to ask Qi Hui, but she was too proud to ask.

The powerful Queen Sito, who initially exuded a strong aura, actually appears quite adorable here.

That evening, Sito, who had accidentally caused a fire in the room, appeared completely at a loss and panicked.

The queen's majesty vanished completely at this moment, and she resembled a little girl who had done something wrong.

After being yelled at twice by Qi Hui, she knew she was wrong, but she didn't even get angry.

Is this the Queen?
The arrogant queen suddenly revealed her true colors!
The second episode ended shortly after.

Today is the first day of the premiere of "Si Teng". iQiyi has released only these two episodes to the general audience.

But... not everyone is an ordinary viewer.

There are still quite a few that have opted for advanced viewing.
So, they can still watch the third and fourth episodes!

"Damn it! Why are there such disgusting restrictions?!"

Damn iQiyi!

"Damn it, I've been online for so long and haven't paid for watching videos, but I have to pay to watch a TV series?"

"that is!"

"Stop watching!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"..."

In the comments section, a bunch of people were furious, saying that the advanced viewing option was just too outrageous!

But... there are always some people who say one thing but mean another. While they're criticizing, they've already scanned the code to pay and activated the advanced on-demand service.

Soon, the viewership of the third and fourth episodes skyrocketed.

"Holy crap, who just said they wouldn't offer advanced viewing?"

"Exactly, they all came at once, right?"

"What's your name? Didn't you do this before?"

"You're talking nonsense!" (Tiger King's voice)

"..."

Amidst the commotion, episodes three and four continued airing.

According to iQiyi's backend data, although the statistics are not yet available.

But seeing the ever-increasing amount of advanced on-demand viewing and the influx of real money, they couldn't help but smile.

Wonderful!

The novel "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles," which was taken off the shelves due to force majeure, has now finally been replaced with an excellent alternative.

No, "Si Teng" is better than "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles"!
……

After watching all four episodes, Xie Nan smacked his lips... He felt a little unsatisfied and wanted to keep watching.

"What do you think?" she asked Wu Jing beside her.

"Very good... I didn't expect Qi Hui to be able to make a female-centric web series so well..." Wu Jing stroked his chin, somewhat surprised.

Jing Tian's portrayal of Si Teng was excellent, captured by Qi Hui. Her first appearance was stunningly beautiful, noble, and dignified.

After being resurrected, she is arrogant, naive, and lively and cute.

The contrast between before and after, coupled with this stunning cheongsam, makes her both beautiful and radiant.

This character has been completely brought to life!
Of course, there are good and bad aspects.
Qi Hui's portrayal of Qin Fang is somewhat weak; the highlights of these episodes are all Jing Tian.

After listening to Wu Jing's analysis, Xie Nan fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Wu Jing asked, puzzled. "Did I say something wrong?"
"……never mind."

No wonder he's a warrior; he has no taste whatsoever.

……

the other side

Yang Mi closed the iQiyi window and lit a cigarette.

For some reason, I feel inexplicably melancholy...

Although it's a web series, it's of excellent quality, and with Jing Tian wearing a different exquisite cheongsam in each episode, it's hard to imagine it not becoming a hit.

Yang Mi couldn't help but think that if she were the protagonist of this drama... then her betting agreement with Shang Shi could basically be terminated ahead of schedule.

"Jing Tian is so lucky..." Yang Mi sighed softly, and wisps of white smoke slowly exhaled from her nostrils.

She's actually being praised so highly by Qi Hui. Without Qi Hui, she'd probably still be that queen of bad movies, a worthless pretty face.

Yang Mi shook her head, wondering why Qi Hui was so devoted to Jing Tian.

It's not like I can't live without Jing Tian.

……

The next day

The viewership data for "Sito" is out, with each episode exceeding 100 million views.

The hype has skyrocketed, with discussions on Weibo going wild.

As soon as you open Weibo, no matter what, you can see Jing Tian's stills from the TV series "Si Teng", all of which show her wearing a cheongsam.

Si Teng occupied a spot on the trending search list for a long time.

In the following days, the popularity of "Sito" remained high, and netizens continued to discuss it.

They were discussing either the plot, the setting, or Jing Tian's clothing.

"Qi Hui is wearing a lot of clothes too, why isn't anyone discussing it?"

"He's just Queen Siteng's little follower, what's wrong with what he wears?"

"Exactly, it's just an ATM. When you withdraw money, do you care what color the ATM is?"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious!"

"You're so mean, upstairs!"

"They're so busy stealing bamboo shoots, even the pandas are getting thin from hunger!"

"..."

The viewership ratings for "Si Teng" continued to rise, bringing iQiyi a huge boost in revenue.

As the stock price soared, the executives slapped their thighs repeatedly, exclaiming that the investment in this film was well worth it!

Although it hurts to throw away hundreds of millions of dollars at once, the return is well worth it!

Not only did iQiyi benefit greatly, but surprisingly, the box office of "The Vanished," which was only going to be taken off the screens for a few days, also showed a strange upward trend.

Although the increase wasn't high, it's been delayed for a month after all.

But it did increase, which is somewhat outrageous for a movie that's about to leave theaters.

A few days later, "The Vanished" officially ended its run, with a total box office of 23.89 billion yuan.

It made 100 million more than "Mojin: The Lost Legend", but it didn't surpass the performance of "Monster Hunt".

The top-grossing domestic film is still "Monster Hunt" with 2.4 billion yuan.

Although there may be some exaggeration, if the numbers are not accurate, then they are not accurate.

This has left many industry insiders feeling regretful, wondering why they couldn't have turned "Monster Hunt" into a box office flop.
It's sitting there, and it's such an eyesore!

On the other side, Yang Mi was overjoyed. 23.89 billion... that's about 24 billion. Even if you sold her, you wouldn't get that much!
She worked incredibly hard and even risked everything to gamble 300 million yuan with SMG for the company's IPO.

However, Qi Hui easily made 24 billion yuan from just one movie.

How much of that do I represent?

Yang Mi picked up a calculator and started pressing the keys. The total box office was 24 billion yuan, with cinemas accounting for 52.27%, minus the remaining 8.73%.
The remaining 39% belongs to their production company.

Of that 39%, she nominally owns 12.5%...

"Around one hundred million..." Yang Mi was extremely excited, completely forgetting the frustration she had felt from watching "Si Teng".

With previous efforts, the 300 million yuan performance-based agreement is already more than halfway complete.

"What a pity..." Yang Mi couldn't help but sigh. If only she could continue to vote for Qi Hui's "Operation Red Sea".

Forget it, I don't want to think about that.

If she could come up with 100 million yuan in cash flow, would she need to care about any performance-based agreement?
Putting aside other operations, even if they used that 100 million to hire Qi Hui to act, they could still make money again.

What? He's not happy about it?

Can I spend money to support Jing Tian?

The once-booming film market cooled somewhat after "The Vanished" was taken off the screens.

But soon, rising stars emerged in droves.

Two of them are particularly noteworthy: one is the web series movie "Unexpected".
The lead actor is Bai Ke, who is currently participating in military training.

The film's producers have boldly declared that they are aiming for a box office of 1 billion yuan.

Another one is "Detective Chinatown," which Qi Hui co-invested in.

The movie "Lost in Hong Kong" recently concluded its run with a box office of 1.5 billion yuan.

This gave the media more topics to write about, such as how the "Lost in..." series remained strong even without Wang Baoqiang.

This infuriated Wang Baoqiang.

Now, he and his good brother are back with "Detective Chinatown".

He wasn't trying to prove how great he was; he just wanted to prove himself!

Looking at the bustling film market again, Qi Hui chuckled, "It's quite lively..."

"Unexpected... Is this movie good?" Jing Tian asked, flipping through her tablet with curiosity.

After all, the lead actor in this movie is one of the characters in Qi Hui's next film.

(End of this chapter)