Chapter 324: The dimly lit place (please vote for me!)
On the first day of the new year, Li Youzhi got busy early in the morning.
Although according to the custom here in Chengdu, New Year greetings are only given on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year.
However, because I lived close to the teachers and leaders, I knew that the children of Chen Delu and Huo Renhong would come back on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year to celebrate the New Year. I thought that I would not disturb their family reunions then...
Okay, these are all reasons.
According to the principle of Article 49 of the "Workplace Code", "When giving gifts to leaders, either give them as early as possible or give them the best ones." Li Youzhi started micromanaging when he got up in the morning.
There is a way to give gifts for New Year greetings; you are the first to give them, no matter what you are giving, the affection and sincerity are shown here.
Even if you are carrying two boxes of beer, when the boss opens the door early in the morning on New Year's Day and sees you waiting at the door with a sweet "Happy Holidays, May You Be Promoted", how does that feel in the boss's heart?
But you delayed going to their house until evening, and the leader's happy words all day long were deaf to you. Unless you are getting two boxes of Maozi with red added, otherwise the leader will just smile and nod at you.
This principle actually also applies to dating;
Why are girls in middle school so easy to tease?
Because it’s early!
A well-packaged milk tea costing 20 to 300 yuan, a birthday gift of 200 to 300 yuan, and helping her chase away the scoundrels can give her a sense of novelty that she has never experienced before, leaving a "his love for him" in her heart. I’m so good” mark.
When these girls go to college and enter the society, have a BBA worth hundreds of thousands, see a small boss making millions a year, and eat Western food that costs thousands per person...will you try again?
So, there is nothing wrong with doing anything as early as possible.
The early bird catches the hole, the truth passed down from our ancestors...it must make sense.
Just like that, amidst the sporadic sound of firecrackers that went off early in the morning, Li Youzhi walked around Beiyuan Yitong, a community affiliated with the Agricultural University, with an inexpensive but carefully selected New Year's greeting that middle-aged and elderly women like.
After coaxing a group of teachers and wives into beaming smiles and coaxing the teachers to raise their mouths, he returned to the dormitory with a red envelope that was far heavier than the New Year gift.
When he returned to the dormitory, Li Youzhi put the red envelope on the table, and he was not even prepared to open it.
During the Chinese New Year, if you go back to a few mistresses’ homes for dinner and then give them to your children at home, isn’t this a direct cycle of affection?
Seeing that it was already eleven o'clock and the first show of the Spring Festival show was about to end, Li Youzhi opened WeChat on his mobile phone and clicked on the national theater chain film schedule group.
Although it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, information is flying in the film scheduling group.
It was obvious that the film production representatives and operation representatives in the group were very anxious about the first day of the Spring Festival.
Just when Li Youzhi was looking at those poor people who were embarrassing themselves about things they couldn't change, an announcement message suddenly appeared on the chat interface, which directly ignited the anxiety in the group!
Looking at the message that was coaxed up, Li Youzhi also silently clicked on the announcement.
After rummaging through the long list of data, he finally found "Dear" in the upper middle of the table.
[The number of screenings for the first show of "Dear": 5,000, 2.5% of the screenings, average attendance: 19, attendance rate: 19%, real-time box office: 4,655,000]
Looking at this data, Li Youzhi frowned.
Damn...this data is a bit average!
Although it ranks 16th among the more than 40 movies released during the Spring Festival, which can be regarded as middle and upper reaches, compared with the screening data, it is not even one star behind.
As he was looking at the data, he was thinking about what went wrong. Was it insufficient publicity, or was it just that the theme of the movie "Dear" simply did not please the Spring Festival audience, which caused the attendance rate and game average to drop. When the movie was nearly four times worse than the original video, several messages suddenly popped up in the group chat.
Seeing the red @prompt about borrowing a car, Li Youzhi took a screenshot of the data and returned to the chat interface.
"Ten Years" Lin He: @"Dear" Li Daddy, yo, the first show data is out. Mr. Li’s public release and on-demand show data are quite different! There are less than 20% of the seats left at the public screening.
"I Want It" Sun Zhen: What's going on? Teacher Li, wasn't he very strong during the screening? Why is it that when it comes to the public release, the attendance is not good, and the box office is also sluggish. It has a 2.5 film schedule, and the morning screening is more than 4 million, which is not as much as our bad movie with a ten-character title?
"Crouching Tiger 2022" Zhou Wen: Damn it, what kind of world is this! Martial arts are dead, martial arts are dead! @"Dear" Li Daddy, damn, the box office for the first show was over one million, what the hell is this! You are half responsible for this! I fucking wish you would be as crazy as me in the next game!
Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows when he saw the names of several old friends in the group chat.
What should you do when you don't perform well and others diss you?
Easy to handle.
You directly dissing his shortcomings and using the most vicious words to make him wake up and realize that he is not doing well either!
With this in mind, Li Youzhi turned on the voicemail directly.
"Oh, tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and the first box office of "Ten Years" is only over 6 million! Teacher Lin He, this performance is not good. Today's movie review came out, and the reputation of your movie has jumped. , won’t we finish the update tomorrow?”
"Teacher Sun, the box office of more than 8 million yuan in the first show is not bad! Is it full of seats? Based on the quality of "I Want It", this box office is definitely a bit frothy."
"Teacher Zhou, I think the martial arts theme is quite good. Is it possible that your movie is too rubbish? Let's not talk about whether your rush to the street has anything to do with me. Even if it has something to do with me, it was posted by my fan. Then "Eleven" affected half of your box office... Your first show was three million... He didn't have much, hahaha!"
Lin He, Sun Zhen, Zhou Wen: I'll blanch you! @#! #@￥%@#￥%
Beep!
Received additional [Anger] stunning value, 46 points!
Glancing at the three scumbags who had once again broken their guard, Li Youzhi snorted and closed the WeChat group.
Just when he was about to call Liu Yun to discuss whether to use Xuanfa to remedy the situation or think of some other solution, suddenly there was a soft beeping from the system next to his ears!
Beep!
Received additional [touching] stunning points, 701,238 points!
Well?
Li Youzhi's brows relaxed when he saw the prompt popping up in front of him and saw that the stunning value came from the first scene of "Dear".
The time happened to be eleven o'clock, and at this time... the first show of the theater had just ended.
This represents the first batch of premiere audiences who have finished watching the movie!
Although Li Youzhi was a little disappointed with the movie's statistics, seeing this first wave of impressive surprises, the little haze in his heart was instantly blown away by joy.
Even if the movie doesn't make money, there are several other film and television developers to accompany it.
Don't worry about what you say, just support yourself!
Thinking like this, Li Youzhi, who was happy again, immediately picked up his phone again and opened the "Dear" movie review page on Douban.
"What the hell did I do wrong to watch this movie on the first day of the new year! My girlfriend spent two hours putting on her New Year's makeup!"
"If I'm guilty, please punish me with the law. What are you doing during the Chinese New Year? I'm crying to death, damn!"
"Wow, wow, it's a good movie. The acting skills of all the actors in the movie are top-notch. The plot is touching. The theme is a social reality theme that is rare in recent years. It's enough to watch this movie once. It's so tear-jerking! PS: I have a bad heart. Yes, if you have a strong ability to empathize, please don’t go get the commemorative ticket stubs, I’m afraid you won’t be able to stand it!”
"What is the deepest curse for a person? It's nothing more than the separation of his wife and children, the destruction of his family. Sun Dog, the first day of the Lunar New Year... I just watched such a movie. After watching the movie, I cried so much that I felt so depressed. I’m so heartbroken...What a sin!”
Li Youzhi grinned when he saw that the movie had just ended and the comments on Douban's review page had reached a movie rating of 9.5.
Tsk,
The publicity strategy was still in the wrong direction. At first, the film was said to be more festive, and the audience was first lured into the theater and then killed and provoked...
Beep!
Just when Li Youzhi was stroking his chin, thinking about whether he should bring a new rhythm, promote "Dear" as a sweet and milky romance film, seize the opportunity of tomorrow's Valentine's Day, and mention the box office, Suddenly, there was an excited whistle in his ears.
[Suggested task (helping abducted families find their children), the task progress has been updated...]
Shall I wipe it?
Li Youzhi's eyes widened when he saw the prompt that suddenly popped up in the system.
…
Zhangzhou City, Wanda Cinema.
"Don't scare me, brother Zhuo, don't be like this... I'm scared if you do this!"
At the door of the screening room, Lin Yu was horrified when he saw Xu Jizu covering his mouth, squatting on the ground and sobbing continuously, his whole body twitching with the choking sounds.
Although she watched "Dear" for the second time, she cried like a dog again while watching the movie, but she had generally adjusted after coming out of the screening room.
On the contrary, Xu Jizu was in a silent and calm state throughout the whole process of watching the movie.
But as soon as I walked out of the screening room, my mood completely collapsed!
Seeing Xu Jizu's tears falling to the ground, Lin Yu looked at the audience around him and hurriedly squatted down.
"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, sister, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Tell your sister, if it doesn't work, let's go to the hospital first? If it doesn't work, I'll call an ambulance for you. Brother, do you have any underlying diseases? Or what? You are talking!"
"sister……"
Being shaken and nagged by Lin Yu desperately, Xu Jizu sobbed and raised his head.
"I already knew..."
Looking at Xu Jizu's face covered in tears, Lin Yu was stunned. Somehow, she seemed to realize something.
"You...what do you know?"
"I have known for a long time that I am not my parents' biological child, I was adopted by them. When I was in elementary school, they thought I was asleep and chatted, saying that the child will mature as it is raised, and that there is no difference between the biological child and the adopted child. . Children actually become sensible very early, and I knew it at that time... Some classmates in school also scolded me for bringing him here, and I knew it..."
Wiping away his tears violently, Xu Jizu choked with sobs and continued;
"I've always known... I look different from them. All my relatives at home have round faces, but I have an awl face. My insurance in school requires a blood test, but they won't give me a test even though they say nothing. , I have always known...but they were so good to me. When I was in high school, I thought that even if I found my biological parents, they might not be as good to me as my current parents..."
Listening to Xu Jizu telling these things without reservation, Lin Yu opened his mouth slightly.
"and you……"
"I originally thought it would be good to continue like this. After all, so many years have passed. Maybe they have lived a normal life and have a new child. Maybe they are no longer looking for..."
Shaking his head vigorously, Xu Jizu took a deep breath.
"But they are still looking... they are still looking..."
"how do you know?"
Looking at Xu Jizu who was squatting on the ground and collapsed, Lin Yu asked quietly.
Facing her question, Xu Jizu silently took off his shoes and socks, exposing his toes.
Looking at the cyan birthmark on his big toe, Lin Yu frowned.
"What are you doing...ah!"
Lin Yu was stunned, and after a while, she took out the stub of the screening ticket in her bag with her heart pounding.
Putting the ticket stub next to Xu Jizu, looking at the child's pointed chin in the photo, looking at the cyan birthmark in the shape of a crescent on his toes... Lin Yu opened his mouth as wide as possible.
"You...what do you want to do?"
"I want to tell them that I'm here and I'm doing well now. I don't want... them to keep looking for me like this."
After wiping his nose and tears, Xu Jizu put on his socks and took out his mobile phone.
Dial the number that has long been stored in the mobile communication.
"Hello?"
At the other end of the crowded theater hall, a woman with a slight stoop and deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes answered the phone.
Listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, the smile on her face gradually solidified.
"Where are you...child, tell...tell me where you are now?"
After a few seconds, she fell into a trance.
As the heavy shopping bag in her hand fell to the ground with a bang, she turned around and separated the crowd with the phone in hand.
The world seemed to disappear at this moment, leaving only a tall and thin figure in front of him.
A few minutes later.
Looking at the blue crescent moon that overlapped with the memory, a shrill cry startled everyone in the cinema hall.
"Congcong, I'm sorry for losing you. I've searched Zhangzhou hundreds of times over the years, but why can't I find you? Why can't I find you!?"
In the bustling cinema hall, a burst of discussion broke out as the woman kneeled on the ground, hugging a boy and crying.
Amid the roar, Lin Yu, covering his mouth, uploaded the recorded video and reposted it to Li Youzhi's shaking hands comment area.
[Brothers, you may not believe it... In front of the screening room of "Dear", my blind date seemed to have found his biological mother! 】
boom!
As the comments on her additional video came out, Li Youzhi's hand-shaking comment section at noon on New Year's Day... exploded! ! !
PS: I have frozen shoulder. For the sake of fools who persist in fighting, let me give you a monthly ticket as a reward, adoptive fathers!