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Chapter 640 Tongwei Cries at the Grave? No, it's Donglai Calling for His Mother! (4th Update)
Meeting everyone's gaze, Qi Hui laughed heartily and continued:
"Once he went to Lu Yike's house, and wow, he really did that!"

"When we arrived at Lujiaku, I plopped down and sat down. Looking at the glutinous rice balls that Lu's mother had made, I dragged my stage 3 diabetes body and wolfed down three big bowls of them."

"She ate with tears and snot streaming down her face, and kept talking as she ate, saying that it tasted like her mother's cooking."

"If our province were to select a gourmet, I would definitely vote for him. He's a great comrade; he's an expert at eating glutinous rice balls."

Ding Haifeng: "..."

These are all words used to describe Qi Tongwei crying at the grave!

"Hahahahaha..."

As soon as he finished speaking, laughter rang out in the director's booth.

Don't say it, don't say it!
Where can the most vivid imagery be found, like "Tongwei crying at the grave" or "Donglai calling for his mother"?
Wu Gang also became interested, cleared his throat, and slowly said, "I don't know what Director Qi wants to say while eating tangyuan?"

"You mean Zhao Donglai is a bad guy who should be shot? That's a bit much, isn't it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi's Sha Ruijin appeared: "No, no, Lenin did say that those who boast and flatter should be dragged out and shot, but that was just an angry remark. In the history of the revolution, there has never been such a thing as shooting sycophants."

Zhang Zhijian's Gao Yuliang also chimed in, saying with a smile, "So, our Director Zhao is not in any danger."

Wu Gang coughed lightly and continued, "Today we're enjoying air conditioning, and the topic is how to stay cool. At a time like this, to evaluate our Director Zhao Donglai in this way, I think, is biased."

"I don't agree with Secretary Dakang's point of view." Actress Gao Ying also laughed, "Director Qi's words are much more insightful!"

“Yeah,” Ke Lan added, intrigued. “Sometimes I wonder, how many glutinous rice balls would be enough…”

"Distinguished leaders," Ding Haifeng said solemnly, mimicking Qi Hui's manner, "I desperately want to advance!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

After saying that, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Qi Hui glanced at him. What do you mean you're too eager to improve?
I think you're just too eager to log in!
"Haha...haha..." Lu Yi also laughed along, knowing that his words just now were somewhat unwise.

He didn't say anything more immediately.

Ding Haifeng glanced at Qi Hui, a hint of gratitude flashing in his eyes.

Old Qi is a really good person!

After finishing their casual conversation, the group continued rehearsing their lines.

During this period, there have been many dramas, regardless of who is in them.

Sometimes we have to rush to film set A, then move on to set B, and then rush back to set A.

That's how Qi Hui was; he would run off to Taizhou at night to perform at the local police command center.

However, unlike the others, he had nothing to do this afternoon and was relatively free.

Thinking this, he took out his phone and started playing while reciting his lines.

This isn't about a lack of seriousness in work attitude; Zhang Zhijian, Wu Gang, and several others have all done this before.

I often find myself looking at the game, then I take out my phone to play with it, and surprisingly, I do a pretty good job at it!
Qi Hui scrolled through his phone screen, browsing the competition for the summer blockbuster season.

And you know what? Quite a few movies are being released.

However, most of them are bad movies.
For example, the movie "The Lost Tomb" starring Lu Han... is hard to describe.

The descendant of a family of tomb raiders didn't have any tools at home, so he only bought them online when the time came to start the job.

Moreover, it was purchased online using JD Pay Later.

This advertisement feels somewhat forced.

Moreover, this movie also has a bit of a... well, BL (Boys' Love) appeal, with many scenes depicting the strange relationship between Wu Xie, played by Lu Han, and Zhang Qiling, played by Jing Boran.

The tomb raiding in the entire movie is like playing a video game.
Lu Han, who plays Wu Xie, takes pictures everywhere with a camera, as if he's on a picnic.

The reason why "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was created is probably because it saw the success of "Mojin: The Lost Legend".

However, Qi Hui felt that "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" couldn't compare to "Mojin: The Lost Legend" or even "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".

Lu Han is quite something, having appeared in both of the terrible movies, "The Lost Tomb" and "The Great Wall".

Moreover, the director of "The Lost Tomb" is none other than Li Rengang, who has been mentioned several times before.

That's the Hong Kong British citizen who liked UFO hats.

Last year's film, *Dragon Blade*, depicted the Roman invasion of Yanmen Pass. That's right, not Yangguan, not Jiayuguan, but Yanmen Pass.

The Romans likely swept across the Guanzhong Plain, the heart of the Han Dynasty, and then circled north, bypassing Fenglingdu and Tongguan, and instead of entering Luoyang, they deliberately headed north to Shanxi Province, passing through Yanmen Pass.

This Li Rengang probably learned his history and geography from his teacher's wife in bed.

Besides these two, there's also Jackie Chan's new movie, "Skiptrace".

To be honest, if I didn't know Jackie Chan and just looked at the name, Qi Hui would have thought it was Liu Yifei's movie "Outcast".
This movie is a road movie, a road movie + comedy.
They probably saw the huge success of "Lost in Thailand" and "Breakup Buddies" and that's why they pulled this stunt.

Unlike "The Lost Tomb", Qi Hui has not seen this movie, but the released materials reveal some clues.

Their materials include a clip of them singing "Little Apple" together.
This alone tells you the quality of the movie.

Actually, this is Jackie Chan's second film this year; the first was "Railroad Tigers," released during the Lunar New Year season.

An anti-Japanese war comedy.

It's obvious at a glance that it's a movie like a cult classic.

But that's not the biggest problem with this movie. The biggest problem is that Jaycee Chan actually stars in it.

However, this was not mentioned in any of the promotional materials, cast lists, or images released before the film's release.

So as soon as they appeared, the audience immediately cursed, "How dare this disgraced artist show up?"
From then on, Jaycee Chan said goodbye to the entertainment industry for good.

However, it must be said that Jackie Chan has a lot of influence, as he was able to get the film company to keep such a thing from the audience.

This summer, besides Jackie Chan's films, there's another "famous" Hong Kong film:

Legend of the Gods

When Qi Hui saw this movie, he almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

It turns out that by turning left, they had already started playing with abstraction.

I've seen this movie, and I don't know what the creators were thinking. The entire movie is decorated in a gold color.

But not everyone can pull off gold; if you're not careful, it can turn into a sallow yellow.

The desert was a yellowish-brown color, the armor was yellowish-brown, the palace was yellowish-brown, and Fan Bingbing was yellowish-brown, wagging her nine yellowish-brown tails.

Of course, the fox tail doesn't look like a fox tail; it looks more like Doctor Octopus's mechanical tentacles.

Qi Hui remembered that he had watched it before, and it was extremely painful to watch!

And there's Lei Zhenzi's wing pointing to the left.

To be honest, when Qi Hui looked at that thing, he inexplicably thought of Wang Junkai from "749 Bureau".

While their wings aren't exactly identical, they're at least 80% similar.

...Are all bad movies similar?

Watching these movies, Qi Hui finally understood what the era of bad movies meant.

The Great Wall, Legend of Gods, The Lost Tomb... Isn't this just the era of terrible movies?!
Qi Hui also saw many familiar names, such as Huayi Brothers' "So Young 2: Never Gone" from last year, and Wen Zhang's "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li".

Looking at these misshapen and deformed creatures, Qi Hui suddenly felt... that there was no need for such serious promotion of "Operation Red Sea"!

It's likely that once it's released, "Operation Red Sea" will see its reputation soar to new heights and explode in popularity, especially compared to these terrible films.

Then came the million-strong army crossing the Yangtze River, sweeping across the battlefield like a whirlwind!
For the first time, Qi Hui felt that promoting his movie was somewhat unnecessary.

"Sigh...this is outrageous." Shaking his head, Qi Hui sighed deeply.

But after thinking about it, the publicity had already been launched, and there was no need to take it back.

Let's proceed step by step.

"Teacher Qi!" the assistant director called out as he rushed over, "We're leaving for Taizhou tonight..."

He didn't have Li Lu's ability to banter and argue with Qi Hui.

"I know." Qi Hui waved his hand. "Just call me when the time comes."

The assistant director is now the director of Group B, and the blond guy has already gotten ahead of time.

So, he came to discuss the play at the Taizhou Public Security Command Center.

(End of this chapter)