A Top-Tier Life Begins with Sarcastic Phrases

Chapter 117 Guo Qilin's Phone Call, The Worst Movie of the Year

He Ling's words were a revelation to everyone.

But time is running out!

The most crucial item they were looking for had just been refreshed.

In Wang Ou's room, a crack was revealed in a floor tile under the straw mat, through the manipulation of the production team, revealing a hidden compartment underneath.

Hidden in the secret compartment was a portrait of Zhang Ruoyun, which Wang Ou had glimpsed through the crack in the door.

He mingled among the Jia people, coming in to search for clues about the bronze animal head, and was spotted by Wang Ou!

However, Wang Ou could no longer speak, because she was poisoned to death by Zhang Ruoyun during the third round of searching!

"Now, we only have three minutes left, and then we have to go into the cubicles to vote."

He Ling's expression was grave: "But we currently have no clue as to who the second person is."

Gu Yun nodded: "That's indeed not easy to vote for."

"You still dare to say that? It's all because of you that things are so difficult for us!"

Da Zhang rolled his eyes and joked, "Director, can we turn off the cameras? I'd like to ask to beat up Gu Yun first."

"I think so too!"

Wei Daxun laughed and said, "When he told me his wife was pregnant and had a child, I actually believed it!"

In the last part, I just voted based on gut feeling.

Gu Yun was voted out.

Another person voted out was Yang Rong, and there are also many suspicious points about her.

"Verification failed!"

"The real culprits are—Detective Zhang and Secretary Gu."

The system determined that the game was over, and Gu Yun and Zhang Ruoyun were the victors.

"Oh? It's you guys!"

He Ling, Da Zhangwei, Wang Ou, and others sighed; they were actually quite close to the truth.

"I want to know, when did you first realize you were the murderers?"

He Ling asked, "At first, I really thought Xiao Gu was a good person. He was the one who revealed the clues about the two key people."

Gu Yun smiled wryly: "I know I'm the murderer, mainly because of the lighter on the floor of the lounge; that was mine."

"Just as I finished mentioning that possibility, I saw the lighter on the ground. There was blood on it; it was from when I lit the gas."

"So, after I mentioned that possibility, I picked up the lighter and left immediately."

As he spoke, Gu Yun pulled the blood-stained lighter out of his pocket.

"Oh! Back then!"

He Ling clapped her hands and exclaimed in delight, "I even saw that lighter! But when I turned around, it was gone. I thought I was seeing things!"

"I saw Xiao Gu smile at me during the first round of meetings."

Zhang Ruoyun said, "When he adjusted his glasses, he made a signal, and I immediately understood that I was the murderer. At the start of the second round, I also found the bloodstained ring and hid it."

As he spoke, Zhang Ruoyun pulled a bloodstained ring out of his pocket: "Since no one searched me, I also have a bottle of medicine. I'll use this to poison Sister Ou."

"Ah! You poisoned Sister Ou to death?" He Ling and the others thought it was Gu Yunqian.

"Yes, because she saw my face through that crack in the door. I was afraid she would suddenly remember, so I quickly poisoned her to death."

"Oh~~"

With everyone cheering, this episode was finally filmed.

Actually, this episode was filmed in two days.

But because everyone was wearing the same outfit, it looked like the entire shoot was done in one go.

"Our Ruoyun and Xiao Gu's drama, 'Joy of Life 2,' will premiere in mid-November. Please give it your support!"

The last group of people gave "Joy of Life 2" a "GG" (Gift Ending), recorded the ending, and then clapped the clapperboard to call it a day.

"Xiao Gu, my flight is tomorrow morning, I'm going to record 'Delightful Night'."

While having a late-night snack, Zhang Ruoyun chatted with Gu about their upcoming schedule.

He's going to "Joyful Night," and Gu Yun's flight is also tomorrow morning, but he'll be going to the Mushroom House with Teacher He.

"By the way, you know, Director Yan Ji mentioned you in our group chat just now."

On the way back to the hotel, Zhang Ruoyun remembered this incident and said, "You're quite quick-witted, which is interesting. Anyway, I have high hopes for you."

"Did Director Yan see my talent so quickly?"

Gu Yun smiled and said that it was a good thing to have the director remember his name.

Maybe sometime in the future, when I'm filming a variety show, I'll remember Gu Yun.

The next day, Gu was woken up by a phone call from Guo Qilin.

"Calling so early, is it urgent?"

Guo Qilin rarely makes phone calls when others are sleeping; if he does call, it's probably because something really has happened.

"The box office figures for the first day of the National Day holiday are out."

"That's true."

Gu Yun thought about it carefully. Today is October 2nd, and the box office figures for the first day of the National Day holiday should indeed be out.

"Bureau 749 is being heavily criticized, has a terrible reputation online, and is being boycotted across the entire internet."

Guo Qilin rubbed his head. He had watched episode 749, and it was really badly made.

After online boycotts emerged, the number of screenings at 749 Bureau was greatly reduced, resulting in huge losses!

Guo Qilin paid attention to this movie because his mentor's company almost invested in it.

If they actually invested, there's no need to wait for "Lion Boys 2"; Moker will have already gone bankrupt!

"That's normal."

Gu Yun saw a movie review on 749 Bureau last night: "Plug in two chicken wings and they call it a sci-fi blockbuster? They don't treat the audience like human beings at all."

"No wonder the box office is high."

"That's definitely the logic."

Guo Qilin rubbed his face: "But now I think that [Bear Lion Boy 2] isn't much better than this thing."

"I watched the latest trailer, and it's completely empty—"

After a pause, Guo Qilin lowered his voice and said, "I also heard from Moke that they're going to change the character models for 'Lion Boy 2'."

Gu Yun raised an eyebrow: "Changing the model is a good thing, that's the biggest problem—"

"Oh, that's not it!"

Guo Qilin sighed: "They think the character model doesn't quite fit the image of Chinese people. The eyes need to be smaller, and the skin needs to be changed—"

"They said they were afraid it wouldn't meet the aesthetic standards of the foreigners at the film festival and wouldn't fetch a good price."

Gu Yun laughed in exasperation: "Just because it doesn't suit foreigners' aesthetics doesn't mean we can disregard the aesthetics of our own people?"

"To put it bluntly, even if this movie sells at a film festival, the profit will at most be the same as the first one, at most tens of millions!"

"Let's just say he's worth a hundred million!"

"For it to break even, it needs to gross at least 200 million yuan at the domestic box office!"

"But the way it's doing it now, putting aside the issue of insulting the country, just the way it changed the model for the movie release alone will get it condemned to death!"

"It's absolutely impossible to make money!"

"Dalin, I think you should talk to Uncle Yu about this."

Gu Yun reminded him.

Guo Qilin responded; in fact, he had had this idea before making the call.

Talking to Gu Yun was just to confirm my answer: "I'll ask the crew for leave, and tomorrow, no, this afternoon I'll fly to Yanjing to talk to my master about this."