Chapter 254 Vicious
“Is the state banquet delicious?”

In the early morning, just after Xie Jingxing finished his morning run around the garden, he heard Zhou Fenglan asking while standing in the shade of the corridor.

She was wearing a modified version of a loose tube-top dress with short tulle sleeves on her shoulders. The hem of the crescent-white skirt reached her ankles, and her whole figure complemented the ancient courtyard house.

She looks like the graceful mistress of a wealthy family in ancient times. However, any concubine who needs to walk on her own should not dress like this as it will dirty her skirt.

"Fortunately, maybe it's because my expectations were too high for this first time, so there aren't too many surprises." Xie Jingxing said in a light tone.

A young woman with a handsome and bright appearance, short hair and a tall figure came from the front hall with red eyes: "Boss Xie, the leader's secretary is in the reception room. He has something for you."

Yuan Jin, female, ethnicity: Han. 26 years old, height: 175cm, a key staff member of the nursing department of the 301 General Hospital, with a clean family and a history of love.

When I left Zhou's house yesterday afternoon, my mother-in-law was almost eating someone's food. After Xie Jingxing finished attending the reception, he naturally ran to the property that Old Xie gave to his daughter-in-law to hide from the limelight.

As a result, Zhou Fenglan did not mind the trouble and brought Yuan Jin here early in the evening. When the latter was holding a copy of the complete personal file in her hand, her eyes were red.

Xie Jingxing didn't know why Zhou Fenglan was so angry and why he did such an act that could be called "extreme self-humiliation". This was a bit beyond his worldview, so the two of them entered a cold war period and slept in separate rooms.

"Mr. Xie, you are an outstanding young entrepreneur. I hope you can persevere in practicing what you once said: live up to the tradition and the prosperous times, live up to the times and live up to yourself."

The secretary left with only a few words and also left a gift. When the gift was opened, it turned out to be a Go board.

Riddler, Xie Jingxing complained in his heart, while trying to guess the deeper meaning.

First of all, it can be confirmed that his father-in-law knew that he had done a small and profitable business in Yunnan, and he approved of it, so he suddenly jumped in line to attend the reception on the last day.

Secondly, if the secretary specifically repeats the words he said, then it is not a set phrase. The leader sincerely hopes that young entrepreneur Xiao Xie will do more business like this, which is not cost-effective but can benefit the people.

Finally, because I went too far the night before yesterday and my mother-in-law got angry with my wife yesterday, my father-in-law sent me a gift right after that.

"In front of the country and the world, you play with a few women and I just pretend I didn't see anything, right?"

Xie Jingxing inexplicably recalled words he had heard from somewhere. Of course, he certainly could not be considered to be a master of his country and the world, but the attitude displayed by his father-in-law was tough enough.

On the other hand, if he fails to meet the expectations of his leader and instead does nothing but play around with women, won't he be seen?
Xie Jingxing got goose bumps on his arms. Compared to his father-in-law's vast providence, the thunder and rain he played in Yunhe were all Jun En's tricks like a kindergarten kid.

In any case, after carefully placing the chessboard high up in the treasure chest, Xiao Xie immediately felt more confident and returned to the back hall with his head held high.

"Do you have time this afternoon? Go shopping with me."

Zhou Fenglan sipped the nourishing soup while Yuan Jin stood behind her acting as a maid.

Xie Jingxing hummed and hummed, the stock market was closed for the holiday clearance, the logistics and real estate business plan had been finalized, and Meizu mobile phones would release new products in November.

There wasn't much going on in October. I had originally planned to meet Yu Tong's parents first and then Zhou Fenglan's parents. Everything was easy to deal with in China, but the main thing was my elderly mother who was far away in New Zealand.

I didn't expect that the first wife and the second wife were in contact. They each had their own opinions on who went to see the other first and who went later. It was impossible for them to go together.

The day before yesterday at Zhou Fenglan's house, Xie Jingxing improvised and was about to show his hand, but was hastily interrupted by the reception.

The atmosphere at this moment is not suitable for explaining directly. Although I am not right, I still have to coax my wife.

Shopping, yes; getting a beauty treatment, yes; watching a movie, yes.

"Let's ask Concubine Pei to come along."

"Ah."

Xie Jingxing was stunned: "Huh?"

"Didn't the movie 'Lost in Thailand' starring her just come out? I haven't met her yet, so let's take this opportunity."

Zhou Fenglan put down the bowl of soup nonchalantly and left, with Yuan Jin following closely behind.

Xie Jingxing swallowed back the words of refusal that were about to come out of his mouth, shrugged thoughtfully, and said, "You have planned to use some tricks on me, right? What can you do to me if I just lie down and mess up?"

After shopping and doing beauty treatments from morning till night, when it was getting dark, Concubine Pei rushed back from Shenzhen, exhausted.

There are only two movies that look decent in today's National Day holiday. "The Golden Age", adapted from Wang Xiaobo's work of the same name, showed signs of cheating its investors the day after its release.

"Lost in Thailand" has a good reputation and explosive box office, thanks to the advantages of innovative online promotion and marketing, the large-scale movie + pre-sale box office reached 1.35 million.

Data modeling by Dianping's online ticketing department predicts that the total box office should be between 11 billion and 13 billion, and is expected to hit the top three in the domestic film box office history rankings.

Xie Jingxing forcibly used facial recognition to rent a movie hard drive key from Wanda Cinema. Technicians from two cinemas and two people from the insurance company carefully worked for half a day to debug the private cinema projection equipment in the courtyard.

Surround speakers, full-size large screen, lazy reclining sofa, the experience is top-notch.

"You guys go to the front hall to rest, order some takeout and some drinks, I'll treat you, you don't have to stay here. Which insurance company are you from? Do you want me to call your boss?"

Xie Jingxing was so domineering that he showed off everywhere. Several innocent workers were frightened and had no choice but to leave for the time being and order some European-style coffee and Japanese food that cost 3,000 yuan per person.

Zhou Fenglan sat on the inside, Concubine Pei sat on the outside, and Xie Jingxing sat in the middle.

"Hold on."

Yuan Jin brought some drinks and snacks, and stopped Song Anli who was about to turn off the lights to put on a movie: "Ms. Pei, you don't have to be restrained at home and take off your hat. What kind of wine do you want to drink?"

"Thank you."

Concubine Pei took off her baseball cap and let her made-up hair fall sloppily, making her pretty face look particularly haggard. Her wrist holding the beer bottle was so thin and weak that light blue veins were visible.

The pre-sale box office result of 1.35 million was achieved thanks to the strong support from Dianping and Meituan Maoyan who wanted to defeat Baidu Nuomi, but it was also due to the high-intensity roadshow promotion by their entire creative team, which held an average of 1.2 shows every day throughout September.

It's tiring to travel to two cities in one day, and today I traveled to three cities.

"Say hello to Ning Hao tomorrow and don't participate in the promotion afterwards. Take a good rest for a while." Xie Jingxing put his arm around her shoulders as if no one was around. Concubine Pei sniffed sourly and wanted to explain that she knew I was so tired but she still called me to suffer injustice, but her body was very honest and stiff and she didn't dare to fall into the arms of the dead man.

He glanced inside unconsciously and made eye contact with the fierce woman, receiving an ambiguous smile, as if she was satisfied?
Xie Jing Xing hugged her tightly with his arms, and said in a light tone: "You are the investor and distributor of the film. Ning Hao is eager for you to take a break. We will make a lot of money from this business."

The production team led by Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo were greedy and confident at first, and dared to sign a capital betting agreement with him with a double milestone system of guarantee and distribution.

电影总票房7—11亿，裴妃的‘哭唧唧’工作室和小王能分到的收益计算公式是——扣除院线分账及税率后的净利润*80%+（净利润X80%)*70%。

Based on the box office of 11 billion, the net profit was about 4.5 million. Kujiji Studio and Xiao Wang took 3.6 million, and they took 70% of the remaining.

It would be even more impressive if the box office exceeds 11 billion. As the box office grows according to milestone stages, the distributor's 80% share will increase accordingly.

In short, Ning Hao earned the most in the 7-11 total box office range, and they earned less when the box office was high.

There is no way. Who made a few courageous artists want to trick Xie Jingxing? This is how the capital game works.

Taking into account that as an investor, the film can also get a share of the profits from overseas and online distribution in the later stage, in total, this movie will bring Pei Fei a net profit of about 3 million yuan, not counting the film remuneration separately.

Thinking about it this way, we can’t blame the stars for being brainless, the capital game is still very tempting.

“Next year, pick a few films you want to shoot from the IP reserve pool. If the investment is not enough, I will cover it.” Xie Jingxing looked like a wealthy landlord.

Concubine Pei quietly relaxed her body, pouted her lips and subconsciously wanted to act coquettishly and ask for more benefits, and at the same time show off her power to the fierce woman next door.

Inadvertently seeing Song Anli's stern warning eyes, she immediately put away her thoughts and said softly and obediently: "It's okay, I can take care of myself, you don't have to worry about me since you are so busy at work."

In the end, I couldn't help but secretly add the second half of the sentence.

"What are you talking about? I'm busy all this time just for you guys."

Thank you, Landlord, "Dragon's face is very happy" and hugged her tighter, and ordered: "Give her some lemon and ice, she likes sweet and sour drinks."

"I'll get it." Song Anli cursed her teammates inwardly, then continued the conversation and gave Yuan Jin a friendly smile.

You dare to act in a pretentious way with me and glare at me, why don't you try to glare at me again? I can't afford to offend a fierce woman, and I can't afford to deal with a dowry girl like you!

Anyway, the words had already been said, and Concubine Pei was not afraid. She glared back at Yuan Jin fiercely.

Counting carefully on her fingers, she realized that she had filmed two dramas this year, "Where the Wind Goes" and "Back in Time", and the time she spent with Xie Jingxing was much less than last year, which made her unhappy.

"Let's watch a movie."

Zhou Fenglan finally spoke. Yuan Jin looked at Concubine Pei with a half-smile, then went to turn off the lights, play the movie, and sit next to her.

Song Anli hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and sat down next to Concubine Pei. It was impossible for her to stay out of it, and she didn't want to stab her ally in the back.

It's nothing special that Zhou has a good father. If she admits defeat today, the worst that can happen is that she will be bullied. Xie Jingxing won't let her go too far, right? Just wait and see.

“Ding ding ding ding.”

With the continuous rising sound of the opening, the green film approval number dragon mark lights up and the film officially begins.

Huang Bo, who used to be a singer but was frustrated and switched to opening a second-hand audio and video store, received a divorce agreement from his ex-wife Pei Fei. In grief and anger, he drank alcohol and went to the hospital for gastric lavage. His good brother Xu Zheng couldn't bear to see this and took him on a spontaneous trip to Dali.

A typical road comedy with a slightly weaker romance element and two narrative lines.

Concubine Pei's narrative line is before she married Huang Bo, and Huang Bo and Xu Zheng's narrative line is after their divorce.

The meeting point was at the Budu milk tea shop in Dali, where they met and got to know each other. The original script was about an inn, but the sponsor paid for the advertising, so it was not impossible to have a milk tea shop on the first floor and an inn on the second floor.

To be fair, this movie is very good. The huge box office success boosted the local tourism industry in Dali and brought this one-night stand destination, which was originally only for literary men and women, into the public eye.

In fact, Lijiang is the real cannon city. After all, Mr. Da Bing, the owner of the golden hook, a disciple of Zen Buddhism and an idol of literary youths, once said that Dali welcomes everyone. As long as you buy a bottle of beer for 40 yuan, you can sit in the Da Bing hut all night.

Based on this, there is reason to prove that Dali has a bit of idealistic and literary atmosphere.

"No, I want the Avatar!"

As Xu Zheng spoke a line in a hurry, the car on the movie screen began to vibrate, and two feet stepped on the carport, and the movie gradually came to an end.

At the same time, in the dark private theater, Zhou Fenglan lifted his chin.

Yuan Jin's big eyes, reflecting the light, were filled with tears. She held out for a few seconds before giving up and obediently stood up and tugged at her clothes.

Concubine Pei's eyes widened with shock and she stared at the scene in front of her with her mouth wide open. Song Anli turned her head to look at Xie Jingxing, then at Zhou Fenglan, her eyes scanning back and forth.

Is this woman crazy?!

You can't count on such a cruel and dead man. Who knows how happy he might be.

Song Anli immediately wanted to turn on the light. Zhou Fenglan tilted her head and looked over here with her chin in her hand. Yuan Jin walked closer step by step and pushed her down with force.

Concubine Pei came to her senses and fought back, but her tiny arms and legs were not worth mentioning and were easily pushed back into Xie Jingxing's arms.

The film ended and the light in the room completely disappeared, but Zhou Fenglan seemed to be able to see through the darkness and was watching with satisfaction.

The so-called lovers are nothing more than two species without reproductive isolation. In her eyes, they are not even human beings, but just objects.

She would do what Yu Tong was willing to do but was unwilling to do, and in exchange they would go to New Zealand together.

When the time comes, I’ll deal with the little man who has collected one, two, or three inflatable dolls.

(End of this chapter)