You are a star, why do you have all the skills from the underworld?

Chapter 295 There is a pit, do you want to jump?

The third day of the Lunar New Year is the day to go back to your parents’ home to visit relatives.

Xu Yi and Li Xun were both single and didn't like socializing with relatives, so they automatically omitted this link.

"Boss, what are your plans today?"

"If there was no game, I would be free to move around!"

Li Xun seemed to have made an appointment, and it was not convenient to take Xu Yi with him, so he asked Xu Yi about his arrangements early in the morning.

Xu Yi smiled and said, "If you have a date, leave as soon as possible."

Li Xun picked up his satchel, "Then I'm really leaving..."

In the courtyard.

Xu Yi was alone and was planning whether to take a nap or take a walk on the street and play some cannon-throwing. When it comes to celebrating the New Year, it’s natural to celebrate the New Year within a certain scope. It’s not like hiding at home all the time.

While Xu Yi was wandering, Zhong Guoliang called Xu Yi.

"Hey, Xiao Xu."
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"Uncle Zhong, happy New Year! I was just thinking about going to greet you~"

"Okay, that's just right. Come on, can you make it in time for lunch?"

Zhong Guoliang seemed to have planned to call Xu Yi over, but when he heard Xu Yi's words, he got off the slope and asked Xu Yi to go over for lunch. Xu Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said:
"No problem, I'll be there in a minute."

After hanging up the phone, two questions swirled in Xu Yi's mind:

1. Wouldn’t Zhong Guoliang call himself and take the initiative to wish him New Year’s greetings? Impossible, who do you think you are?

2. You can’t go empty-handed when you go to Zhong Guoliang’s house to pay New Year greetings, right?
The first question will naturally be solved when you go to Zhong Guoliang's house.

The biggest headache at the moment was the second question. Xu Yi thought hard and decided to bring a box of tea. He picked up a box of tea from Chu Zhengchen last time. The packaging was very ordinary, but Chu Zhengchen said that it was a good product that was hidden privately, so it was not bad at all.

Go out, take a taxi, and aim at the Yizhuang villa area.

Xu Yi came to Zhong Guoliang's home twice. He was a wealthy family and had a nanny at home.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the nanny standing outside to greet Xu Yi:
"Mr. Xu, happy New Year!"

"Mr. Zhong is already waiting for you inside. I will take you in."

Xu Yi: Hey, good guy, you know me now?

Do you have such a good memory?

After entering the door, Xu Yi saw that there seemed to be other guests in the living room.

The nanny welcomed Xu Yi into the living room and said softly;

"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Xu is here~"

"Uncle Zhong, happy New Year!" Xu Yi took the initiative to say hello. When the other person turned his head, Xu Yi was stunned: "Mr. Zheng? Why are you here too?"

Zheng Yun laughed loudly, stood up, walked over, and patted Xu Yi's shoulder affectionately:

"Why, can't I come over and wish Lao Zhong a happy new year?"

Zhong Guoliang explained on the side:

"Old Zheng came back to visit relatives and stopped by to see me."

"I thought we were all acquaintances, so I asked you to come over and have a casual meal."

Xu Yi was dubious: You two bad old men clinking glasses, can you take me with you? I do not believe.

In terms of personal relationship, Zhong Guoliang and Zheng Yun have been friends for decades, and Xu Yi couldn't even get a word in when they were reminiscing about the past. So Xu Yi was sure that there must be something else going on when he called him over.

However, if the two old men didn't mention it, Xu Yi naturally didn't mention it either.

He presented the New Year's greetings and said with a smile:
"Uncle Zhong, I didn't know what you were lacking, so I brought some tea from home."

"Come on, bring any gifts... Hey, let me take a look at your tea." Zhong Guoliang didn't take it to heart at first. With his wealth, what kind of tea can't he drink? But when he saw what Xu Yi was holding, Zhong Guoliang was still startled.

This box of tea has no trademark.

In other words, it is not a branded product and will not be circulated in the market.

And it is sealed in a wooden box, which seems a bit familiar.

Zhong Guoliang gently unscrewed the lid, put it to his nose and smelled it, and then said in surprise:

"Okay, Xiao Xu, can you get all this tea?"

"I have a heart, I have a heart!"

Zheng Yun usually spends a lot of time abroad and has little time to drink tea, so he doesn't do much research on tea. Just seeing Zhong Guoliang acting like this, he couldn't help but curiously asked:

"Old Zhong, what's the origin of this?"

"Top quality." Zhong Guoliang carefully sealed it. "I've been asking for this stuff for a long time. I only got a small jar of about ten grams three years ago. I didn't expect that as soon as Xiao Xu made the move... this has to be there. Thirty grams, right?”

Zheng Yun: "Is it expensive?"

Zhong Guoliang replied with a smile:

"It's not very expensive. I spent 300,000 yuan at that time, which was a friendly price."

Xu Yi:? ? ?
What the hell?
I bought ten grams of tea with three hundred thousand, so wouldn’t my thirty grams be almost one million?
I……

I'm so fucking rich!

Xu Yi now really wants to take back the can of tea and give it to Zhong Guoliang as a New Year's gift, but his face is a bit thin and he can't do such a thing after all.

Hearing this, Zheng Yun couldn't help but give Xu Yi a thumbs up:
"Brother Xu is really generous!"

"Let me just say, your friendship is not in vain."

He said this as if the tea was given to Zheng Yun.

But Zhong Guoliang understood that Zheng Yun said this to show that Xu Yi was open and honest. Tea like this is marketable but priceless. Everyone wants it and is willing to pay a high price, but it is out of stock.

Xu Yi can send such rare goods to celebrate the New Year, which at least explains a few things.

First, Xu Yi has his own network of contacts.

Because this thing can't be bought with money.

Second, Xu Yi is interested in his relationship with Zhong Guoliang. Who would give this to ordinary people?

This also moved Zhong Guoliang.

Xu Yi giggled, trying not to let everyone see the regret in his heart.

After greetings, Xu Yi said:

"Uncle Zhong, have you gone to the movies in the past two days?"

Zhong Guoliang was stunned for a moment: "Movie?"

"Didn't you vote for a movie and not pay attention to the box office?" Xu Yi reminded.

Zhong Guoliang finally remembered, patted his head, and then said with a smile:
"Not yet."

"How's it going? I remember it was called "Operation Red Sea", right? How's the box office going?"

Xu Yi reported truthfully:

"Yesterday was the second day of release, and the box office on the first day was relatively average."

"However, there was an upward trend the next day, and the box office moved up one place. As for today's situation, I haven't watched it yet. The market does have some rejection of movies with this theme, so the box office performance on the first day was not very good."

"However, I believe that the quality of this movie is passable, and the follow-up is still promising."

Although Zhong Guoliang invested 100 million, he obviously didn't pay much attention to it. He smiled and said: "You just have to be optimistic. If you really lose, the little money will be used to test the market with you."

Xu Yi: Uncle Zhong is indeed rich!
That jar of tea is worth giving.

If there were other investors, and they lost 100 million, they wouldn't be able to come to see me with a knife? Zheng Yun doesn't care about the domestic film and television industry either.

However, since this movie was invested by Xu Yi and Zhong Guoliang, they had to join the conversation: "You two are already making a movie together, and you don't want to bring me along, it's not interesting."

"Let me take a look. It's called "Operation Red Sea", right? Let me check the box office."

With that said, Zheng Yun turned on his mobile phone.

Ten seconds later, he said with some surprise: "I see that the real-time box office is okay, it's now ranked first."

Xu Yi: "First place?"

Xu Yi was busy going out to visit Zhong Guoliang's family for New Year greetings today, so he didn't pay attention to the box office trends.

I took a look last night and found that the box office of Red Sea was indeed on an upward trend, but I never expected that it would suddenly become number one.
He quickly took out his mobile phone and clicked on the relevant APP to view the real-time box office.

"Operation Red Sea" had a box office of 1.8 million that day, temporarily ranking first.

The cumulative box office is 3.6 million, ranking third in the Lunar New Year festival!
Professional data predicts that the final box office of this movie may be around 20 billion.

hiss~
Overnight, everything changed.

Zhong Guoliang came close to Zheng Yun, took a look, and said with a smile:
"Not bad."

"I knew that what Xiao Xu wanted was definitely right."

"Hahaha~"

He is so happy.

Although making money has become a numbers game for Zhong Guoliang. But being able to make money in a completely new field shows that Zhong Guoliang has a good way of making money!
Xu Yi was also a little excited.

On the third day of its release, it counterattacked and won the box office championship of the day. Although it is almost noon and there is still more than half a day to go, judging from the growth trend, this ranking will basically not change again.

Xu Yi said modestly: "Luck, good luck."

It seems that all my previous worries can be put aside and work can proceed as planned.

According to the final box office forecast, if it reaches 20 billion, excluding the theater chain share, theater share and distribution share, then the investors will have a profit of at least 7 to 8 million yuan.

The total investment for this movie is only 300 million.

This is equivalent to more than doubling in one year.

This is a big profit!
What business can make 100% profit within one year?
Of course, this is just a data prediction, and the actual situation may be more than that. What if the box office reaches 30 billion?

When Zheng Yun saw that the two of them were getting rich, he couldn't help but complain:

"This is no fun for you two."

"Brother Xu, when the next movie starts shooting, I must be counted among them."

Speaking of this, Xu Yi chuckled and said: "Speaking of this, I do have plans to shoot two more movies this year, and they are currently in preparation."

If Xu Yi wants to film "Wolf Warrior" and "The Wandering Earth", it is absolutely impossible to do it on his own.

We have to bring in some enemies.

Although he is confident enough that these two movies will definitely make money, ordinary investors may not see it this way.

After hearing Xu Yi's words, Zheng Yun immediately asked:
"Are you serious?"

"I'll give you the money first, 100 million, okay? I'll also invest 100 million, and you can put it in whichever movie you see that needs it."

Although Zheng Yun said it simply, Xu Yi patiently introduced it to the two bad old men:
"Uncle Zhong, Mr. Zheng."

"I mean seriously, I've been planning these two movies for a long time."

"It is also a military action film and will be more passionate than "Operation Red Sea". Of course, the main theme is the same. This movie has Red Sea laying the foundation in the front, so it will definitely not lose money."

"The other one is about science fiction."

"Science fiction themes are also called death themes in domestic movies. Whoever makes the film will be the one to blame. However, I really want to open up some new situations for the film industry."

"And I believe in myself."

Xu Yi didn't talk about losing money and making money in science fiction movies, because he was indeed a little unsure.

Zheng Yun didn't say anything:

"You mean, 100 million is not enough?"

"It is indeed not enough. Of course, if Uncle Zhong is also interested in making another investment, then it may be about the same." Xu Yi calculated that the total investment for the two movies should be around 6 to 7 billion.

"Wolf Warrior" is okay, it has a mature team and experience, and there are not many special effects, so it can save a lot.

Mainly "The Wandering Earth", post-production is expensive.

Zhong Guoliang didn't have any other opinions on this. He smiled and said:
"What do you want to see me do?"

"How much is the difference? You can tell me when the time comes."

Come on, all I want is your words.

Even with Xu Yi's own wealth, he could afford such a sum of money. But he won't go all in, that's not his style. Having experienced such an outrageous thing as traveling through time, Xu Yi understood this sentence more deeply:

Tomorrow or the accident, I don’t know which one will come first.

Xu Yi said quickly: "Then I would like to thank the two big sponsors. I will get the contract after the crew is officially established."

Favors are favors, business is business.

Xu Yi was very transparent about this, and didn't think it would be unfair.

Zhong Guoliang glanced at Zheng Yun, changed the topic, and said casually: "Old Zheng, didn't you say that you want to see Xiao Xu if you have something to do?"

Huh?
coming!

The meat show is finally here!

Xu Yi knew that Zhong Guoliang would not call him for no reason and ask him to come to his house for dinner. After all, it's only the third day of the Lunar New Year, and most people are busy visiting relatives and can't get away at all.

Zheng Yun straightened his body and said with a smile:
"It's no big deal."

"Brother Xu, do you still remember when we met in Huadu years ago?"

Xu Yi nodded but did not speak.

He knew that Zhong Guoliang would definitely not be able to hide the matter of stealing paintings in Huadu to collect bounties. Otherwise, Zheng Yun would not talk to him directly about this in front of Zhong Guoliang.

Just listen to Zheng Yun continue:
"That blacklist has already included you on the list."

"Fortunately, the ranking is not high, just outside the top 100."

"Although you went to collect the bounty and disguised yourself, their people still seemed to have found some clues. According to their standards, just stealing a painting is definitely not qualified to be included on the blacklist."

"So I wonder if what you did in Great Britain before was also noticed by them."

Xu Yi didn't care and said calmly:
"There's no evidence for this. Even if they notice it, there's nothing they can do to me, right?"

Zheng Yun nodded:
"really."

"When you were in Great Britain, you used a false identity; when you went to Huadu to collect the bounty, you also used a false identity, so even if the blacklist network is all over the place, you can't be found. They just suspect that this person is an Oriental. ”

"but……"

Speaking of this, Zheng Yun paused deliberately, and what he wanted to say next was the key point: "But Brother Xu, the Black List has specially planned a game this year, inviting dangerous people on the list to participate. Many people, the Black List If we can’t contact you, we will find an intermediary to convey it to you.”

"Lao Zheng, I have gained some fame abroad in the past few years. Although they don't know who you are, they think I should know. So I put the invitation here and asked me to pass it on to you and ask you. , are you willing to participate in that game?”

After Zheng Yun finished speaking, he pulled out a black envelope from the inner pocket of his suit.

The paint on it was unopened, and Zheng Yun obviously didn't read the contents.

"Brother Xu, take a look?"

(End of this chapter)