I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

Li Zhe was also a little surprised that "Uncanny Realm" received such high votes.

Originally, his goal was not to lose money, but he could accept a smaller loss.

It seems that domestic horror films still have some potential.

If the cost of filming and publicity is reduced to an extremely low level, it will not be difficult to make back the money or make a small profit.

After all, there is still a certain market for domestic horror films. Many couples like to watch horror films when they go to the movies on a date.

As long as the box office barely recovers the money, the movie will make a profit.

Because, in addition to box office revenue, movies also have other benefits.

Copyright income, peripheral income, advertising income, etc.

For example, the copyright of "Uncanny" was sold to TV stations, various set-top box on-demand platforms, and broadcast platforms on airplanes, cars, and trains, etc., allowing these platforms to play it within a certain period of time.

There are also online copyrights and a small amount of pre-roll advertising income. These bits and pieces of income add up to at least two to three million, or even more.

Adding in box office revenue and other revenue, "Unexpected" earned between five and six million.

For many movies, box office is only used to cover costs, and making money depends on other income.

The two of them drove to a movie theater where "Unexpected" was showing.

"Uncanny" has been in theaters for more than 20 days and is about to be released. The single-day box office is getting lower and lower, and the film schedule is getting less and less.

When he came to the cinema, Li Zhe bought two couple tickets.

After waiting for a while, he and Zhou Ziyu entered the cinema together.

As the screening is approaching, the attendance rate of the movie is not high.

There were only a dozen people in the cinema, mostly young lovers.

Soon, the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie started.

Li Zhe was eating popcorn fed by Zhou Ziyu and watching a movie.

When the movie opens, there are seven or eight passengers on a small bus, sleeping, chatting, watching the scenery, and doing whatever they want.

The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties, listening to the radio while driving.

There was a sudden "bang" sound, and the car shook suddenly, as if it hit something.

The driver subconsciously stepped on the brakes and the car was forcibly stopped.

A fat man (Yang Hao) who was sleeping in the car, under the influence of inertia, hit his head directly on the front seat and screamed in pain, "Oh, fuck!"

"Driver, how do you drive?"

Passengers complained.

"It seems I hit something!" The driver quickly got out of the car to check and found that nothing had been hit.

The chin is on the road again.

However, someone soon discovered something was wrong.

"Why did it suddenly get dark?" said a young woman (Ye Shan) dressed as a white-collar worker.

Not only did it get dark, there was also a strange black mist on both sides of the highway.

This abnormal phenomenon made the passengers in the car a little confused.

"My mobile phone has no signal." A young girl (Huo Mengyan) who looks like a female student said.

"My mobile phone has no signal either." People in the car took out their mobile phones one after another, only to find that they had no signal.

Not only did the mobile phone have no signal, but the radio playing in the car also lost signal and turned into a rustling sound.

At this time, the car suddenly stopped again.

"What are you parking for again?"

"Master, why did you stop the car?"

…

This section of road is so weird that the passengers want to get out of here as soon as possible and are very dissatisfied with the driver's sudden stop.

But the driver never responded.

A bald middle-aged man in his thirties (Xu Zheng) got up and came to the driver's side. He found that the driver's left hand was on the steering wheel and his right hand was resting on a black box beside him. His expression was dull and confused, and he was mumbling something. .

"What did I forget? What did I forget? Why can't I remember..."

Yang Hao also came over. He looked carefully at the black box under the driver's right hand.

It turned out to be an urn!

There is a white note on the urn, with a name written in black on it: Zhang Limin.

"Why is there not a single car on the highway?" A girl (Luan Xiaolin) dressed as a stewardess said suddenly.

The people on the bus noticed that except for their minibus, no other vehicles passed by.

…

The middle-aged driver died. He suddenly slammed his head on the front window.

The passengers in the car were frightened, and Xu Zheng volunteered to drive everyone away.

The sky was getting darker and darker, until it was completely dark, and there was still not a single car on the highway. Just when the passengers were getting more and more scared, a light suddenly appeared in front of them, and it was a gas station.

…

It was also the first time for Li Zhe to watch the finished film of "Unexpected Realm". He had only seen the rough cut before.

After Jiang Jingxian joined Quku Entertainment, he handed over the film's production supervision to her.

He now somewhat understands why "Uncanny" has such a high box office.

After fine editing and soundtrack, the movie's pace is faster, the suspenseful atmosphere is stronger, and it is more attractive to the audience.

In addition, it is the beauty effect.

Luan Xiaolin, Huo Mengyan, and Ye Shan are all beauties.

Especially when Wang Zhining appeared on the stage, Li Zhe heard someone in the theater saying, this actress is so beautiful!

For many male viewers, a movie ticket that costs thirty or forty is already worth it if they can see so many beauties. As long as the plot is not too bad, they can accept it.

"Luan Xiaolin acted very well." Zhou Ziyu said softly.

When Li Zhe heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Luan Xiaolin's acting skills were acceptable.

But in the movie, she is just a minor supporting role and has very few scenes.

Why did Zhou Ziyu deliberately mention her?

She couldn't really have guessed anything!

Wang Zhining plays a female star in "The Strange World", and Huo Lili is her assistant.

Xu Zheng, Yang Hao, Ye Shan, Huo Mengyan, and Luan Xiaolin came to the supermarket at the gas station and met Wang Zhining and Huo Lili.

And a middle-aged man who ate instant noodles crazily and choked to death.

There is also an urn next to him with his name written on it.

Xu Zheng and Yang Hao found each other's driving book and business card on the middle-aged man's body and found that he was a large cargo driver.

Next, black urns appeared again and again, and people continued to die mysteriously.

Ye Shan, Huo Lili...

Everyone will mutter "I forgot something..." before they die.

There are more and more weird things happening, such as large trucks that drive autonomously without a driver.

A mysterious man who is surrounded by black mist and attacks anyone he sees.

In the end, only Xu Zheng and Wang Zhining were left.

At the critical moment, the two found the truth from the clues they collected, escaped from the mysterious realm, and woke up in the ambulance.

At the end of the movie, there is a news report.

"A serious traffic accident occurred on the ××× highway section."

"A large truck suddenly lost control while driving and collided with a minibus and a car one after another."

"In this accident, nine people died and two were injured..."

The movie ended and the theater lights came on.

The audience left the scene while discussing the content of the movie.

"The plot is a bit far-fetched. It is said that he was near death in a car accident. How do you explain the mysterious man in the mysterious realm?"

"The heroine is very beautiful! She must be a newcomer, I haven't seen her before."

Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu also followed the flow of people out of the cinema.

…

A small county in Ludong Province.

In the screening room of the cinema, He Zhigang was also watching "The Unexpected".

Looking at Huo Mengyan on the big screen, he felt very complicated inside.

Now He Zhigang and Huo Mengyan have basically no contact.

The two of them met occasionally at school, and they just nodded and said hello to each other.

After coming out of the cinema, He Zhigang took out his mobile phone and wanted to send a message to Huo Mengyan.

But he hesitated for a while and still didn't send it.

In fact, this is not the first time He Zhigang has watched "Uncanny Realm".

He went to see the movie as soon as it came out.

After reading it, he sent a congratulatory text message to Huo Mengyan.

But the other party only replied with a thank you.

He Zhigang sighed and put the phone away again.

…

After coming out of the cinema, Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu took a look at the night view together.

When the two returned to the apartment, it was already past 11 p.m.

But Zhou Qing has not left yet.

"Xiao Zhe, you are back. I made some soup for you. You can drink some!"

Zhou Qing said, and went to the kitchen to bring out a bowl of wolfberry, red dates and white fungus soup.

"Thank you, aunt!" Li Zhe took the soup and drank it slowly.

His mother-in-law's cooking skills are average, but she is really good at making soup.

Zhou Qing said to Zhou Ziyu again: "Xiaoyu, if you want to drink soup, just go and serve it yourself."

Zhou Ziyu glanced at Zhou Qing, her mother was too partial.

She didn't even think about it. Without a daughter, how could she have a son-in-law?

Zhou Qing looked at Li Zhe who was drinking soup and said, "Xiao Zhe, drink slowly and I will go back."

"Auntie, it's so late, don't go back, stay here." Li Zhe put down the soup bowl.

Zhou Qing didn't leave until so late. He couldn't tell what she was thinking.

"Okay then!" Zhou Qing hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

"I can just stay in that small room."

"Auntie, you are an elder, how can you be allowed to live in the nanny's room?

After saying that, Li Zhe said to Zhou Ziyu: "Xiaoyu, don't you have another room? Help my aunt clean it up."

"Auntie, you can stay in that room from now on!"

When Zhou Ziyu heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

She and Shen Xinyi shared a room, but her mother had a separate room.

Why does this feel a little wrong?

For the next two days, Li Zhe stayed on the set filming.

On the 19th, the filming of "The Heirs" ended and was officially completed.

On the evening of the 20th, Qudong Group held the company’s annual meeting.

More than 800 employees of the group participated in the annual meeting.

At the annual meeting, Li Zhe reviewed and summarized the company's development in the previous year, and then proposed next year's development goals.

After he finished speaking, Zhao Jia, Yu Zhongfeng, Jiang Jingxian and other senior executives of the group also said a few words in turn.

After the leader's speech, the annual meeting entered the entertainment session.

There will be performances and raffles.

The performers at the annual meeting are all talented employees of the company.

Artists signed by Quku Entertainment such as Wang Zhining, Luan Xiaolin, Huo Mengyan, Zhao Yuhuan, and Nini are the main performers.

At the annual meeting, Li Zhe was very angry and took out millions.

Everyone has a prize, with a minimum of 100 yuan in red envelopes.

There are also great prizes such as mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, and 10,000-yuan red envelopes.

The special prize at the annual meeting is a car worth about RMB 100,000.

Li Zhe was unlucky and only won a red envelope worth 100 yuan, while Liu Kaiyue won a mobile phone worth 1,000 yuan.

But she doesn't lack mobile phones, so she just gives away a thousand-yuan phone like this.

The winner of the special prize was Huo Mengyan.

Li Zhe handed Huo Mengyan a large cardboard with a picture of a car that represented the special prize and took a photo with her.

Unlike some companies that conduct draws based on job titles, Li Zhe's draw was really nothing shady, it was all about luck.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have just won a hundred-yuan red envelope.

Huo Mengyan's ability to win the special prize has nothing to do with Li Zhe. It can only be said that she is lucky.

At around 9 p.m., after the annual meeting, Li Zhe was ready to go back to his apartment.

However, as soon as he got in the car, he received a call from his high school best friend Guo Jian.

When they first entered college, Li Zhe and Guo Jian had many contacts.

But as time went by, the contact between the two became less and less.

It took two to three months, or even longer, before I got a phone call.

After the call was connected, Guo Jian first asked Li Zhe whether he would return to the mountain city for the New Year this year. After hearing that he said he still wouldn't come back, he complained a few times.

After the two chatted for a while, Guo Jian suddenly said: "Has Zhang Yan contacted you?"

When Li Zhe heard this, he was stunned for a moment, "Why did she contact me?"

He said this, but he thought about it in his heart, as if it was time for Zhang Yan to contact him.

Sure enough, I heard Guo Jian say: "Zhang Yan was asking for your contact information from classmates everywhere, and when she found me, I gave her your QQ number."

"Zhezi, I feel that Zhang Yan likes you, you can figure it out yourself!"

…

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhe sighed lightly.

If it weren't for Guo Jian's call, he would have forgotten about Zhang Yan.

It was during the Chinese New Year this year that Zhang Yan took the initiative to add his QQ account.

Then the two of them chatted on QQ and became more and more speculative, and they confirmed their relationship soon after the school started next year.

On May Day, Zhang Yan took the train all the way from Harbin to Hongcheng to see her.

However, this relationship only lasted less than two or three months.

Not long after Zhang Yan returned to Harbin, she got together with other boys.

However, Zhang Yan would still contact him like he did in the previous life, which meant that Tan Hui did not tell anything about him.

Li Zhe did not disclose his situation to his best friend Guo Jian at all.

Because he didn't want to tell the story to his father.

Li Zhe was completely disappointed with his father.

He is an extremely selfish person who only cares about himself and does not care about the life or death of others.

Moreover, he is extremely snobbish and shameless.

If his father found out that he was now worth hundreds of millions or even one billion, he would immediately come with his mistress and not even be able to drive him away.

In the previous life, Li Zhe didn't fully understand this until 10 years later.

He never wanted to think the worst about his parents, but the fact forced him to face it.

Li Zhe has had very little contact with his father for more than a year, and he had more contact with him in the first semester of his freshman year.

But starting from the second semester of freshman year, the contact became less and less, and now we have almost no contact at all.

Li Zhe knew the reason very well.

Because he no longer cared about his father's tuition and living expenses, his father thought he was asking his mother for money.

That's why I don't want to contact him, for fear that he will ask for money.

Being selfish and unwilling to put in the effort to educate your children, but also wanting your children to become talented and benefit from glory, is such a beautiful idea.

Li Zhe shook his head, unwilling to think any more, started the car and drove towards the apartment.