Chapter 588 - 579: End of the New Year Holiday

Chapter 588: Chapter 579: End of the New Year Holiday

Regarding the news of his movie investment going viral, everyone knew it, there was no reason these three guys didn’t know, it’s just that there had been a lot going on recently, so none of them paid much attention.

But when they saw this news, they were still genuinely happy for him.

"Ding Qiang, this pork knuckle is yours, hurry up and eat, look how skinny you are!"

"Dog, shut up, that’s Dad’s chicken wings!"

"Does a wanted criminal deserve to eat lobster? Spit it out!"

"Waiter, bring three more lobsters, one for each of us!"

The three of them: "You really deserve to die!"

Food is more delicious when everyone fights for it, but when you encounter a rich friend, it’s quite frustrating.

"Qingzi, have you calculated it? How much can you earn from the eighty million you invested?" Qin Wei asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, before he could speak, Wang Xing interrupted: "You’d better not ask, don’t ask, the more you ask, the more I want to kill him."

Seeing this, Su Qing chuckled, "Based on the current situation, the estimated box office should be around four billion, maybe fifty billion.

If we calculate fifty billion, assuming there are no tax deductions, the value-added tax rate for the film industry is six percent, the additional tax is 0.72 percent, and after subtracting the five percent special fund for the film industry, there’s 88.28 percent left as the deductible box office. After deducting the cinema and distribution fees, the investors can get about 31 percent, roughly about 1.367 billion. I invested 80 million, and the total investment is 340 million, which accounts for about 23.5 percent. I’ll receive around 320 million, minus the principal investment of 80 million, netting around 240 million. Of course, there are also some revenues from movie derivatives, but I can’t estimate those for now."

After all, the narration had already given a hint, the box office wouldn’t be less than five billion, he had long asked Wang Fan about the approximate data for his share of the box office.

After this speech, the three present were stunned.

They were all academic slackers, and suddenly a genius among them started spouting a bunch of knowledge they couldn’t understand. Who could stand it?

Qin Wei: "He really deserves to die!"

Wang Xing: "Damn it, it’s all your fault, you mischievous dog, you let him show off again!"

Ding Qiang: "Suddenly, I feel like this thirty thousand isn’t so urgent to pay back!"

Immediately, the three felt that the seafood they were eating wasn’t as appetizing anymore. The guy’s rough estimate earned him more than two billion, and that’s not even the full income; who could stand that?

How much could they eat? Even the thirty thousand Ding Qiang owed didn’t seem that urgent anymore, with the pressure in his heart directly dropping to a negative.

Thirty thousand seemed like money to them, but in his eyes, it was probably no different from thirty bucks, right?

Thirty bucks, owing a buddy a take-out meal, pay back in a few years, that sounds reasonable, right?

While the four of them were eating and drinking, the internet was even more lively. Because during the New Year period he resumed updating, yesterday his account posted another video of Da Huang, though it was material from before the New Year.

It was an interaction with a stockings model sister, familiar formula, familiar taste, Da Huang still licking stockings.

Now when Zhao Lei took Da Huang out for filming, if they knew there would be a beautiful model, they’d usually bring stockings themselves. After all, some models’ stockings were quite expensive, reducing cost was the goal.

These were Zhao Lei’s commissions, the stockings budgeted by Balenciaga, she earned quite a bit through Da Huang, so naturally, she looked after him well.

The video seemed ordinary, just filler for Su Qing, but netizens were very enthusiastic about his current moves.

"Haha, finally updated, I thought you had died again!"

"Exactly, scared me, I thought you’d turned into a monthly blogger!"

"Da Qing’s got money now, enjoying life, what’s wrong with that! Many bloggers get lazy after making money, right?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Da Qing made money, the model’s standards are getting better and better, how much did it cost to hire?"

"Is there a need to spend money? Now, if Da Qing needs one, girls would rush to get close with just a beckoning gesture."

"Looking at Da Qing and Da Huang’s life getting better and better, it soothes my heart!"

"Passing by as an old fan from Da Qing’s time with ten thousand followers!"

"Qingqing, look at me, I can bring my own stockings!"

"Are the stockings for Da Huang, or for Da Qing?"

"Your ’Wandering Earth’ got hot, hurry up and invest in shooting the second one, it’s been five days already, hurry up, waiting to watch it!"

"I understand now, this small planet is just a junk planet, it abandoned Sister Moon, Mother Sun, and finally gave Sister Saturn a wallet, and ran away by itself!"

"Whoa, it’s true!"

At some point, when Su Qing updated videos, people no longer paid attention to the content of the videos but instead focused on what happened recently to him, the creator.

The interest was quite high, and it seemed like he was posting videos just to provide a platform for netizens to vent, quite absurd.

Now, only five days have passed, "Wandering Earth" is in full swing, the box office is continuously rising, even Director Wang started to relax, not organizing promotions as intensely as before.

Everyone entered a waiting phase.

In the afternoon, after the four finished eating, Su Qing and Wang Xing drove them straight to the high-speed rail station.

At the ticket gate, Su Qing patted Qin Wei on his small frame, "Go in, eat more, look at you all skinny, bring back a girlfriend for the year-end."

Wang Xing also laughed, "Yeah, let us see what kind of extraordinary girl she is, haha!"

Ding Qiang smiled and nodded, "Well, I won’t go, take care of yourself out there!"

Looking at the three, Qin Wei smiled and nodded, suddenly sighed, "Hey... I really envy you three, being able to stay here at home while I’m the only one struggling to go out and work. Okay then, see you in the second half of the year!"

"See you in the second half" *3

With that, Qin Wei turned and walked towards the ticket gate, waved his hand with his back turned, and disappeared into the crowd.

Once Qin Wei disappeared, Su Qing spoke, "Ding Qiang, I’ve already contacted someone about your uncle’s matter, has anyone reached out to you?"

Ding Qiang nodded, "Yes, someone called me, added me on WeChat, I’m recently preparing to file a lawsuit."

"Hmm, you should prepare what you need to. It might not even get to court; my friends have already found some clues, it seems to involve someone senior, most likely some little stunt from a leader below. You’re just the collateral here."

"Thanks, Qingzi!"

"You’ve said that before."

"Right, about San Er’s girlfriend, she wrote me a letter, you guys got one too, right?" Ding Qiang suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing and Wang Xing both nodded.

Seeing this, Ding Qiang took out the letter from his pocket and smiled, "I only remembered to read it yesterday, now that I think about it, I’m not even as good as a girl."

"Yeah, she’s really strong!"

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