Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1990 Waiting for the box office

On the first day of the new year, I don't know if it was because of upset, after Wang Jing and the three of them had dinner at Lin Daoqiu's, they met again at Wen Jun's house to continue drinking.

The three of them drank so darkly that they fell unconscious, as if they wanted to temporarily forget all their troubles.

Fortunately, Wen Jun's house is big enough, even if the three of them are drunk, there is a room for them to sleep, and they don't need to lie on the sofa in the living room overnight.

Zheng Danrui was the first to get up early the next morning, because he was a little dizzy after drinking too much last night.

After simply washing up, Zheng Danrui came to the dining table and sat down alone.

Because of the Chinese New Year, Wen Jun bought a lot of things and stored them in the refrigerator, but Zheng Danrui could find something from it to make a simple breakfast.

Not long after, Wang Jing and Wen Jun got up one after another, but it could be seen that they were not very sober yet.

"By the way, the box office is about to go out today, should we go to New Oriental?"

Today is the box office day, so Wen Jun and the others shouldn't have been so drunk yesterday.

However, Wang Jing and Wen Jun didn't think that "God of Gamblers" had the possibility of a counterattack, so they didn't plan to go to New Oriental to wait for the box office, so they simply drank to their heart's content.

"Let's forget it. I'm afraid there won't be any good news even if it passes now, so why waste this effort, I'll go home first."

Wang Jing didn't tell his family when he stayed overnight at Wen Jun's place last night, so he had to go home quickly. After all, it's not suitable for people to spend the night outside during the Chinese New Year.

Since Wang Jing didn't want to go, Zheng Danrui wouldn't force him, then he turned his head to Wen Jun.

"Aren't you curious about the box office of our drama on the first day?"

Zheng Danrui didn't believe that Wen Jun didn't care at all.

In fact, Wen Jun didn't want to know how much "God of Gamblers" got at the box office on the first day, but he was afraid that after seeing the box office, he would be even more discouraged, which would affect his New Year mood.

Since this is the case, it's better not to watch it. Anyway, they have already been sentenced to death, so it's better to just make yourself happy.

"If you're not busy, go and have a look. I'm going back to my parents. I made an agreement with them that we will have dinner together today."

It doesn't take long to go to New Oriental to check the box office, and if they really want to know, they can just make a phone call and ask.

But under normal circumstances, unless it is really difficult, most people will still choose to go to the company to wait for the box office, rather than simply make a phone call.

Sometimes the sense of ritual is very important. After all, it usually takes at least a few months for a movie to go from planning to shooting.

After investing so much time and energy in this, of course I hope to have a good return in the end.

"If this is the case, let me go and have a look. If there is any news, I will call you."

Zheng Danrui knew that what Wen Jun said just now was just an excuse, but he did not expose the other party. After all, it is really difficult to face this kind of thing calmly.

Once "God of Gamblers" only gets 400 million at the box office on the first day, it is almost certain that they will be out.

After leaving Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui drove to New Oriental Company by himself.

Because of the Chinese New Year holiday, only security guards are left on duty at the front desk, and the front desk lady will not come back to work until after the seventh day of the lunar new year.

After saying hello to Baoquan, Zheng Danrui entered the elevator and went directly to the top floor.

But just as Zheng Danrui stepped out of the elevator door, he suddenly saw Xu Guanwen and others entering the meeting room.

It seems that Xu Guanwen came here specially today to watch the box office of "Happy Family", after all, he is the lead actor and director of "Happy Family", so it is normal for him to appear here at this time.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, good luck."

When Wen Jun entered the meeting room, he found it very lively.

Xu Guanwen, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, Gao Zhisen, Liu Zhenwei and others were all seated in the conference room. It seemed that they were all here to wait for the first day's box office.

After saying hello to everyone, Zheng Danrui found a seat and sat down.

"Why are you the only one here? What about the others?"

Maijia looked at Zheng Danrui curiously, because "God of Gamblers" also had two important characters, Wang Jing and Wen Jun, so why is it that only Wen Jun came to watch the box office today?
"They have other things to do, so I'll just come here by myself today."

Zheng Danrui explained casually, but after listening to the others, they all understood the reason why Wang Jing and Wen Jun didn't show up.

The relationship is because they all feel that the box office of "God of Gamblers" will not be much better, so they don't plan to come to New Oriental to wait for the box office.

And many people at the scene knew the inside story of that incident.

If "God of Gamblers" can't get 6000 million, Wang Jing and Wen Jun will be dispatched to Baodao. Now it seems that they should be ready to pack.

"The box office champion of this year's Spring Festival stalls should be "The Legend of Wesley", right?"

While waiting for the box office, everyone will inevitably talk about the box office.

Although the box office results on the first day have not yet been released, most people at the scene believed that "Legend of Wesley" should be able to win the box office champion of this year's Spring Festival.

"It doesn't have to be..."

At this time, Gao Zhisen suddenly retorted: "A few of my friends have watched "Legend of Wesley", but...they all think that the filming of this film is not very good."

Because yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the play "Legend of Wesley" had nothing to do with the people present, so everyone didn't pay attention to the situation in the theater.

Before Gao Zhisen could continue, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.

I saw Lin Daoqiu walking in with Fang Jinsheng from the outside.

"Mr. Lin (Brother Qiu), Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai..."

As soon as they saw Lin Daoqiu walking in from the outside, everyone immediately stood up from their chairs and greeted him.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, everyone rejoices together, sit down and talk."

When Lin Daoqiu spoke, he glanced in Zheng Danrui's direction, and he found that Wang Jing and Wen Jun were not present except Zheng Danrui.

"A Jing and A Rui have something to deal with, so let me come over today."

Zheng Danrui quickly explained to Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu just smiled and nodded but he didn't say anything.

During dinner yesterday, he felt that Wang Jing and Wen Jun were not in a very high spirits. He didn't expect them to be so disappointed that they didn't even come to see the box office on the first day. These two guys really are.

Just as Lin Daoqiu was still thinking this way, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open again.

"Mr. Lin (Brother Qiu)..."

Wang Jing and Wen Jun walked in from the outside at the same time. It seemed that they still cared about the box office on the first day, otherwise they wouldn't be unable to talk and came again in the end.

(End of this chapter)